Initializing a dictionary in python with a key value and no corresponding values

Question

I was wondering if there was a way to initialize a dictionary in python with keys but no corresponding values until I set them. Such as:

Definition = {\'apple\':         


        

Answer 1

Comprehension could be also convenient in this case:

# from a list
keys = ["k1", "k2"]
d = {k:None for k in keys}

# or from another dict
d1 = {"k1" : 1, "k2" : 2}
d2 = {k:None for k in d1.keys()}

d2
# {'k1': None, 'k2': None}