On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:49:56 -0600, S.Mohideen wrote: >>>> asd={} >>>> asd={1:2,3:4,4:5}
You don't need to initialise asd to an empty dict. >>>> print asd > {1: 2, 3: 4, 4: 5} > >>>> asd.has_key(3) > True >>>> asd.update() >>>> print asd > {1: 2, 3: 4, 4: 5} You're not updating it with anything. > what does asd.update() signifies. What is the use of it. Any comments > would help to understand it. Try this: >>> asd = {1: 2, 3: 4, 4: 5} >>> D = {1: -99, 7: -99} >>> asd.update(D) >>> asd {1: -99, 3: 4, 4: 5, 7: -99} -- Steven D'Aprano -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list