What is the difference between dict.items() and dict.iteritems() in Python2?

Question

Are there any applicable differences between dict.items() and dict.iteritems()?

From the Python docs:

dict.items(): Return a

Answer 1

dict.iteritems(): gives you an iterator. You may use the iterator in other patterns outside of the loop.

student = {"name": "Daniel", "student_id": 2222}

for key,value in student.items():
    print(key,value)

('student_id', 2222)
('name', 'Daniel')

for key,value in student.iteritems():
    print(key,value)

('student_id', 2222)
('name', 'Daniel')

studentIterator = student.iteritems()

print(studentIterator.next())
('student_id', 2222)

print(studentIterator.next())
('name', 'Daniel')