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How do I make a dictionary with multiple keys to one value?

I have 5 columns of data,

 usermac, useragent, area ,videoid, number of requests

I want to use both (usermac,useragent) as key to create a dictionary, since unique combination of (usermac, useragent) represents a unique user.

so the dictionary would be like:

 usermac1, useragent1: area1, videoid1, 10
                       area1, videoid2, 29
 usermac1, useragent2: area1, videoid1, 90
                       area1, videoid2, 34

                        ...

I only know how to create a dictionary with only one item as key. so can anyone help?

my code is:

    for line in fd_in.readlines():
        (mac, useragent, area, videoid, reqs) = line.split()

    video_dict = d1.setdefault((mac,useragent) {})
    video_dict.setdefault(videoid, []).append(float(reqs))

and it has syntax error:

    video_dict = d1.setdefault((mac,useragent) {})

Answer 1

You can use any (hashable) object as a key for a python dictionary, so just use a tuple containing those two values as the key.