Python defaultdict and lambda

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I think the first line means that when I call x[k] for a nonexistent key k (such as a statement like v=x[k]), the key-value pair (k,0) will be automatically added to the dictionary, as if the statement x[k]=0 is first executed.

That’s right. This is more idiomatically written

x = defaultdict(int)

In the case of y, when you do y["ham"]["spam"], the key "ham" is inserted in y if it does not exist. The value associated with it becomes a defaultdict in which "spam" is automatically inserted with a value of 0.

I.e., y is a kind of “two-tiered” defaultdict. If "ham" not in y, then evaluating y["ham"]["spam"] is like doing

y["ham"] = {}
y["ham"]["spam"] = 0

in terms of ordinary dict.

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