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How to replace value with key in dictionary?

For example: a={1:'a',2:'b'} Now I want a new dictionary: a={'a':1,'b':2}

14th Oct 2021, 10:47 AM
Amirreza
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5 Answers
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a={y:x for x,y in a.items()}
14th Oct 2021, 11:23 AM
ubai
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Amirreza Hashemi What if there are duplicate values? In this case when you swap then new key will replace old key. For example: a = {1: 'a', 2 : 'b', 3 : 'b'} In this case result will be a = {a : 1, b : 3} So to avoid this above solutions are ok.
14th Oct 2021, 2:13 PM
A͢J
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14th Oct 2021, 11:16 AM
Amirreza
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ubai that's what I was expected... Thank you
14th Oct 2021, 11:27 AM
Amirreza
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