Dictionary unpacking in Python 2

Question

In Python 3 when I had to merge two dicts I usually did something like this -

payload = {'key':'value'} 
another_payload = {'another_key':'another_val'}
final_payload = {**payload, **another_payload}

However, now when I do the same in Python 2.7 it throws a Syntax Error. Does Python2 not support it? If it supports how to do the above?

`update()` method updates the dict in place. I had two dicts and needed to dump both of them to another in a more pythonic way. Seems I have to stick to update — abi24m, Oct 15 '19 at 18:35

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 15 '19 at 13:00

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This works, if it suits you:

dicts = [payload, another_payload]
final_payload = {k: v for d in dicts for k, v in d.items()}

answered Oct 15 '19 at 13:00

zipa

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