How do I merge two dictionaries in a single expression in Python

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I have two Python dictionaries, and I want to write a single expression that returns these two dictionaries, merged. The update() method would be what I need, if it returned its result instead of modifying a dictionary in-place.

>>> x = {'a': 1, 'b': 2}
>>> y = {'b': 10, 'c': 11}
>>> z = x.update(y)
>>> print(z)
None
>>> x
{'a': 1, 'b': 10, 'c': 11}

How can I get that final merged dictionary in z, not x?

Apr 13, 2020 in Python by kartik
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1 answer to this question.

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Hello,

For dictionaries x and y, z becomes a shallowly merged dictionary with values from y replacing those from x.

  • In Python 3.5 or greater:

    z = {**x, **y}
  • In Python 2, (or 3.4 or lower) write a function:

    def merge_two_dicts(x, y):
        z = x.copy()   # start with x's keys and values
        z.update(y)    # modifies z with y's keys and values & returns None
        return z

    and now:

    z = merge_two_dicts(x, y)

Hope this works!!

Thank you!!

answered Apr 13, 2020 by Niroj
• 82,840 points

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