newbie dictionary question

[Grant Edwards]

In article <g1Jw8.89176$G72.64386 at sccrnsc01>, James Chapman wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'd preferably like to use something like this but my problem
> is precisely this. I have for example to dictionaries as
> follows:
> 
> a= {4.95:100,4.97:90,4.99:95}
> b={4.95:100,4.96:99}
> 
> and I would wonder if there is an elegent way to do something like:
> 
> c = a+b
> c={4.95:200,4.96:99,4.97:90,4.99:95}

c={}
c.update(a)
c.update(b)

Though I can pretty much guarantee that using floats as
dictionary keys isn't going to do what you want at some point.

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