On 24/10/11 14:18, Dave Angel wrote:
def getkey(dictionary, value):
for key, val in dictionary.items():
if val == value:
return key
Note that if there are multiple keys with the same value, my function
would get only the first. It wouldn't be hard to modify the function to
return a list of matching keys.
For fun:
def getKeys(aDict, aValue):
return [key for key,val in aDict if val == aValue]
HTH,
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Alan G
Author of the Learn to Program web site
http://www.alan-g.me.uk/
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