python 3.x - Adding a dictionary inside a dictionary

Question

I have a dictionary which looks like this:

store = {}

And I have a bunch of data in another dictionary that looks like this:

items = {"hardware_items":23, "fruit_items":5, "fish_items": 23}

How can I put the items dictionary inside the store dict so I can achieve the following result?

store = {"hardware_items":23, "fruit_items":5, "fish_items": 23}

Thank you

Answer 1

Use the update method:

store.update(items)

This will add everything in items to store; beware though that if store already has existing keys with those names they will be overwritten.