🔒 is there a cute way to preload a dictionary with keys and a default value?

[mint notch]

besides list comp or other form of doing it manually

like dicto = dict(keys=*'abc', default_value=None) or something???

[rustic chasm]

@mint notch

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[sullen perch]

like this?

!e

my_dict = dict.fromkeys('abc', None)
print(my_dict)

[rustic chasm]

@sullen perch :x: Your 3.12 eval job has completed with return code 1.

001 | Traceback (most recent call last):
002 |   File "/home/main.py", line 1, in <module>
003 |     my_dict = dict.fromkeys(*'abc', None)
004 |               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
005 | TypeError: fromkeys expected at most 2 arguments, got 4

[cosmic topaz]

splat isn't needed

!e

my_dict = dict.fromkeys('abc', None)
print(my_dict)

[rustic chasm]

@cosmic topaz :white_check_mark: Your 3.12 eval job has completed with return code 0.

{'a': None, 'b': None, 'c': None}

[sullen perch]

mb

[mint notch]

woooo thank!

thanks!!!

[humble patio]

List comp is better for mutable values like empty list

[cosmic topaz]

or even consider defaultdict

[mint notch]

bet

this was mostly just bothering me as a thing i thought u could do but couldn't remember how

[rustic chasm]

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