How to update the value of a key in a dictionary in Python?

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Well you could directly substract from the value by just referencing the key. Which in my opinion is simpler.

>>> books = {}
>>> books['book'] = 3       
>>> books['book'] -= 1   
>>> books   
{'book': 2}

In your case:

book_shop[ch1] -= 1

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