Declaring a multi dimensional dictionary in python

Question

I need to make a two dimensional dictionary in python. e.g. new_dic[1][2] = 5

When I make new_dic = {}, and try to insert values, I get a <

Answer 1

Do you mean dict or list?

And if you mean dict do you want the second level to be another dict? or a list?

For a dict to work you need to have declared the keys ahead of time.

So if it's dicts in dicts you need something like this:

new_dic = {}
try:
    new_dic[1][2] = 5
except KeyError:
    new_dic[1] = {2:5}