How to filter dictionary keys based on its corresponding values

Question

I have:

dictionary = {\"foo\":12, \"bar\":2, \"jim\":4, \"bob\": 17}

I want to iterate over this dictionary, but over the values instead of the

Answer 1

Use items or iteritems on dictionary. Something like:

list = []
for k, v in dictionary.iteritems():
  if v > 6:
    list.append(k)
print list