This post explains how to add to a dictionary in Python, create new dictionaries, and more. Powerful data manipulation is now within your grasp!

The number is the “index” (i.e. the point where we want to insert our value), and the string is the data we are entering.

Python has a way to convert one type of data to another. For example, turning a number into a string to print it, or converting user input (which is always a string) into an integer for calculations.