How to print a dictionary's key?

Question

I would like to print a specific Python dictionary key:

mydic = {}
mydic[\'key_name\'] = \'value_name\'

Now I can check if mydic.has_

Answer 1

A dictionary has, by definition, an arbitrary number of keys. There is no "the key". You have the keys() method, which gives you a python list of all the keys, and you have the iteritems() method, which returns key-value pairs, so

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

Python 3 version:

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

So you have a handle on the keys, but they only really mean sense if coupled to a value. I hope I have understood your question.

Answer 2

Or you can do it that manner:

for key in my_dict:
     print key, my_dict[key]

Answer 3

# highlighting how to use a named variable within a string:
mapping = {'a': 1, 'b': 2}

# simple method:
print(f'a: {mapping["a"]}')
print(f'b: {mapping["b"]}')

# programmatic method:
for key, value in mapping.items():
    print(f'{key}: {value}')

# yields:
# a 1
# b 2

# using list comprehension
print('\n'.join(f'{key}: {value}' for key, value in dict.items()))


# yields:
# a: 1
# b: 2

Edit: Updated for python 3's f-strings...

Answer 4

Additionally you can use....

print(dictionary.items()) #prints keys and values
print(dictionary.keys()) #prints keys
print(dictionary.values()) #prints values

Answer 5

In Python 3:

# A simple dictionary
x = {'X':"yes", 'Y':"no", 'Z':"ok"}

# To print a specific key (for example key at index 1)
print([key for key in x.keys()][1])

# To print a specific value (for example value at index 1)
print([value for value in x.values()][1])

# To print a pair of a key with its value (for example pair at index 2)
print(([key for key in x.keys()][2], [value for value in x.values()][2]))

# To print a key and a different value (for example key at index 0 and value at index 1)
print(([key for key in x.keys()][0], [value for value in x.values()][1]))

# To print all keys and values concatenated together
print(''.join(str(key) + '' + str(value) for key, value in x.items()))

# To print all keys and values separated by commas
print(', '.join(str(key) + ', ' + str(value) for key, value in x.items()))

# To print all pairs of (key, value) one at a time
for e in range(len(x)):
    print(([key for key in x.keys()][e], [value for value in x.values()][e]))

# To print all pairs (key, value) in a tuple
print(tuple(([key for key in x.keys()][i], [value for value in x.values()][i]) for i in range(len(x))))

Answer 6

What's wrong with using 'key_name' instead, even if it is a variable?