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Stores a series of Key / Value pairs
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A dictionary stores a series of Key / Value pairs. The values are aligned with the keys so calling for a key will return the value.
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This is very useful if you have a lot of values that you need to weed though to get a value or if you constantly change a value in a line of values.

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Definition

A dictionary stores a series of Key / Value pairs. The values are aligned with the keys so calling for a key will return the value. This is very useful if you have a lot of values that you need to weed though to get a value or if you constantly change a value in a line of values.