Last Key in Python Dictionary

Question

I am having difficulty figuring out what the syntax would be for the last key in a Python dictionary. I know that for a Python list, one may say this to denote the last:

Answer 1

There's a definite need to get the last element of a dictionary, for example to confirm whether the latest element has been appended to the dictionary object or not.

We need to convert the dictionary keys to a list object, and use an index of -1 to print out the last element.

mydict = {'John':'apple','Mat':'orange','Jane':'guava','Kim':'apple','Kate': 'grapes'}

mydict.keys()

output: dict_keys(['John', 'Mat', 'Jane', 'Kim', 'Kate'])

list(mydict.keys())

output: ['John', 'Mat', 'Jane', 'Kim', 'Kate']

list(mydict.keys())[-1]

output: 'Kate'