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

Another way that seems simple and straight forward: this function returns the key which is offset positions away from k

def get_shifted_key(d:dict, k:str, offset:int) -> str:
    l = list(d.keys())
    if k in l:
        i = l.index(k) + offset
        if 0 <= i < len(l):
            return l[i]
    return None