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Union of dictionaries (taking max value on collision) - meee - Jan-17-2018
i need to write a program that takes two dictionaries and returns their union my problem is that if key is found in both, the larger value should be
used in the output.
example for dictionaries:used in the output.
{'A':1,'B':5,'C':3},{'B':4, 'C':5, 'D':6})
RE: need help - metulburr - Jan-17-2018
and what do you have so far?
RE: need help - meee - Jan-17-2018
(Jan-17-2018, 08:30 PM)metulburr Wrote: New Reply
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need help
im new in python so im not sure about it
dicA=[A:a,B:b,C:c,D:d]
dicB=[A:w,B:x,C:y,D:z]
dict_union=dicA.update(dicB)
return(dict_union)
RE: need help - Gribouillis - Jan-17-2018
There is a syntax error at line 1. My python interpreter says
File "updict.py", line 1
dicA=[A:a,B:b,C:c,D:d]
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
RE: need help - meee - Jan-17-2018
changed it to
dicA=['A':a,'B':b,'C':c,'D':d]
dicB=['A':w,'B':x,'C':y,'D':z]
dict_union=dicA.update(dicB)
print(dict_union)
RE: need help - Mekire - Jan-17-2018
You need to actually try to run the code you are providing or this process isn't going to work.
File "arghlebargle.py", line 1
dicA=['A':a,'B':b,'C':c,'D':d]
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntaxDictionaries are declared with {} not []