Python dictionaries-How to keep the new value from overwriting the previous value?

Question

I want to create a Dictionary called \"First\" (as in First Name) that will store numerous first names which are all stored in the dictionary via a function. The idea is th

Answer 1

You should probably be storing the list of names as a list, rather than a dictionary. So you would have:

data['Names'] = {}
data['Names']['first'] = [] #note the brackets here instead of curlies
data['Names']['first'] = [value1, value2]

To add one after instantiation, you can do:

data['Names']['first'].append(another_first_name)

Lists are zero-indexed, so to get the 1st first name, you can say:

data['Names']['first'][0]