Creating a new dictionary in Python

Question

I want to build a dictionary in Python. However, all the examples that I see are instantiating a dictionary from a list, etc . ..

How do I create a new empty dictionary in Python?

Answer 1

Call dict with no parameters

new_dict = dict() 

or simply write

new_dict = {} 

Answer 2

You can do this

x = {} x['a'] = 1