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I want to implement a HashMap in Python. I want to ask a user for an input. depending on his input I am retrieving some information from the HashMap. If the user enters a key of the HashMap, I would like to retrieve the corresponding value.
How do I implement this functionality in Python?
HashMap<String,String> streetno=new HashMap<String,String>();
streetno.put("1", "Sachin Tendulkar");
streetno.put("2", "Dravid");
streetno.put("3","Sehwag");
streetno.put("4","Laxman");
streetno.put("5","Kohli")
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Hash maps are a common data structure used to store key-value pairs for efficient retrieval. A value stored in a hash map is retrieved using the key under which it was stored. # `states` is a Hash Map with state abbreviation keys and state name values.
In Python, dictionaries (or “dicts”, for short) are a central data structure: Dicts store an arbitrary number of objects, each identified by a unique dictionary key. Dictionaries are often also called maps, hashmaps, lookup tables, or associative arrays.
HashMap is a data structure that uses a hash function to map identifying values, known as keys, to their associated values. It contains “key-value” pairs and allows retrieving value by key.
So basically a set uses a hashtable as its underlying data structure.
Python dictionary is a built-in type that supports key-value pairs.
streetno = {"1": "Sachin Tendulkar", "2": "Dravid", "3": "Sehwag", "4": "Laxman", "5": "Kohli"}
as well as using the dict keyword:
streetno = dict({"1": "Sachin Tendulkar", "2": "Dravid"})
or:
streetno = {}
streetno["1"] = "Sachin Tendulkar"
All you wanted (at the time the question was originally asked) was a hint. Here's a hint: In Python, you can use dictionaries.
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It's built-in for Python. See dictionaries.
Based on your example:
streetno = {"1": "Sachine Tendulkar",
"2": "Dravid",
"3": "Sehwag",
"4": "Laxman",
"5": "Kohli" }
You could then access it like so:
sachine = streetno["1"]
Also worth mentioning: it can use any non-mutable data type as a key. That is, it can use a tuple, boolean, or string as a key.
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