Is it possible to assign the same value to multiple keys in a dict object at once?

Question

In Python, I need a dictionary object which looks like:

{\'a\': 10, \'b\': 20, \'c\': 10, \'d\': 10, \'e\': 20}

I\'ve been able to get th

Answer 1

Similar to @SilentGhost but a more declarative syntax (with Python 3.5+) I prefer:

myDict = {
  **dict.fromkeys(['a', 'b', 'c'], 10), 
  **dict.fromkeys(['b', 'e'], 20)
}