Quiz 9: Dictionaries, Sorting

Learning Goals

Students should be able to:

• Write literal dictionaries
• Write Python code to add, remove and overwrite key-value pairs
• Write code to iterate over dictionaries
• Write code to access dictionaries and appropriately choose the correct and efficient syntax for doing so
• Define ordered vs. unordered collections
• State what kinds of collection are ordered and unordered
• State that dictionaries are mutable
• Define key-value pair
• Design accumulation patterns using iteration and dictionaries
• Accumulate dictionaries using iteration
• Design an accumulation pattern using dictionaries to count data from another data structure such as a list
• Apply dictionaries to solve problems using real world data
• Correctly choose the appropriate data structure to solve a particular problem
• Use sorted and .sort with the key and reverse keyword parameters to sort lists

Study Guide

• Study Guide #9 (Dictionaries)
• Study Guide #9 (Dictionaries) [Solutions]

Solutions

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