Accessing elements of Python dictionary by index

Question

Consider a dict like

mydict = {
  \'Apple\': {\'American\':\'16\', \'Mexican\':10, \'Chinese\':5},
  \'Grapes\':{\'Arabian\':\'25\',\'Indian\':\'20\'} }
         


        

Answer 1

You can't rely on order on dictionaries. But you may try this:

dict['Apple'].items()[0][0]

If you want the order to be preserved you may want to use this: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0372/#ordered-dict-api