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python check if key exists

d = {"apples": 1, "banannas": 4}
# Preferably use .keys() when searching for a key
if "apples" in d.keys():
  print(d["apples"])
Posted by: Guest on May-08-2020
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find a key in a dictionary python

# How to find a key / check if a key is in a dict

# Easiest way
fruits = {'apple': 2, 'pear': 5, 'strawberry': 3}

if 'apple' in fruits:
	print("Key found!")
else:
  	print("Key not found!")
Posted by: Guest on January-21-2021
1

python dictionary access value by key

# Create a list of dictionary
datadict = [{'Name': 'John', 'Age': 38, 'City': 'Boston'},
 {'Name': 'Sara', 'Age': 47, 'City': 'Charlotte'},
 {'Name': 'Peter', 'Age': 63, 'City': 'London'},
 {'Name': 'Cecilia', 'Age': 28, 'City': 'Memphis'}]

# Build a function to access to list of dictionary
def getDictVal(listofdic, name, retrieve):
    for item in listofdic:
        if item.get('Name')==name:
            return item.get(retrieve)
          
 # Use the 'getDictVal' to read the data item
getDictVal(datadict, 'Sara', 'City') # Return 'Charlotte'

# -------------------
# to convert a dataframe to data dictionary
df = pd.DataFrame({'Name': ['John', 'Sara','Peter','Cecilia'],
                   'Age': [38, 47,63,28],
                  'City':['Boston', 'Charlotte','London','Memphis']})

datadict = df.to_dict('records')
Posted by: Guest on October-22-2020
-3

find key by value python

print(list(d.keys())[list(d.values()).index(990)])
Posted by: Guest on May-04-2020

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