concat dicts python 1

concat dicts python

by 
# Python >= 3.5:
def merge_dictionaries(a, b):
   return {**a, **b}
  
# else:
def merge_dictionaries(a, b):
    c = a.copy()   # make a copy of a 
    c.update(b)    # modify keys and values of a with the b ones
    return c

a = { 'x': 1, 'y': 2}
b = { 'y': 3, 'z': 4}
print(merge_dictionaries(a, b)) 		# {'y': 3, 'x': 1, 'z': 4}

Here is what the above code is Doing:
1. The ** is the unpacking operator. It’s used to unpack a dictionary into keyword arguments.
2. The {**a, **b} is a dictionary comprehension. It’s a way to construct a dictionary from other dictionaries.
3. The {**a, **b} is equivalent to {‘x’: 1, ‘y’: 2, ‘y’: 3, ‘z’: 4}.
4. The {**a, **b} is equivalent to {‘x’: 1, ‘y’: 3, ‘z’: 4}.
5. The {**a, **b} is equivalent to {‘x’: 1, ‘y’: 3, ‘z’: 4}.