Python use variable as dict key with equality syntax

Question

I have:

dict_ = dict(a="dog")

How can I add a variable BATCH_SIZE = "*batch_size" to this dictionary?

If I just do:

dict_ = dict(a="dog",
BATCH_SIZE=32)

If will treat BATCH_SIZE as a string and not a reference. I want it to treat BATCH_SIZE as a variable/reference.

Answer 1

try this:

dict_ = {a: "dog"}
dict_[BATCH_SIZE] = 32