In Python, How can I get the next and previous key:value of a particular key in a dictionary?

Question

Okay, so this is a little hard to explain, but here goes:

I have a dictionary, which I\'m adding content to. The content is a hashed username (key) with an IP address (v

Answer 1

Try:

pos = 0
d = {'aaaa': 'a', 'bbbb':'b', 'cccc':'c', 'ffffdd':'d', 'eeee':'e', 'ffff':'f'}

for i in d:
    pos+=1
    if i == 'eeee':
        listForm = list(d.values())
        print(listForm[pos-1])
        print(listForm[pos+1])

As in @AdamKerz's answer enumerate seems pythonic, but if you are a beginner this code might help you understand it in an easy way.

And I think its faster + smaller compared to sorting followed by building list & then enumerating