DICTIONRY IN PYTHON Dictionary is a composite data type. It is used to represent records. The items in dictionary are represented by the key: value pairs. Declaration : A dictionary is declared by enclosing a comma-separated list of key-value pairs in curly braces. The value of an item is always accessed by using its key, therefore the key must be a unique name. Example dict={<key1> : <value>, <key2> : <value>, <key3> : <value>.......<keyn> : <value>} Th following define a dictionay that maps the capital to its country. capital_country = {‘Delhi’ : ‘India’, ‘Karachi’, ‘Pakistan’, ‘Kathmandu’ : ‘Nepal’ } Dictionary in python is similar to List in python. Let us see the similarty and differences between list and dictionary LIST DICTIONARY Is mutable Is mutable Can grow and shrink Can grow and