Ross
Hi.
> So I have this dictionary:
>
> aDict = {'a': 'bob', 'b': 'stu'}
Yes.
> I know that the dictionary contains two keys/value pairs, but I don't know
> the values nor that the keys will be 'a' and 'b'. I finally get one of the
> keys passed to me as variable BigOne. e.g.:
>
> BigOne = "a"
Right. aDict[BigOne] will give you - 'bob' which may/maynot be what
you want by the looks of it, you want aDict[BigOne].
>>> aDict.keys()
['a', 'b']
>>> aDict.values()
['bob', 'stu']
keys() / values() return list so you do not have to worry about
explicitly getting list.
> The other key, call it littleOne remains unknown. It might be "b" but
> could be "c", "x", etc... I later need to access both values...
>
> I have something that works, with list comprehension - but wonder if there's
> a more brief/elegant way to get there:
If you know the dictionary name in this case aDict (which you don't
mention you know or not), you can just traverse it using easily as
such:
>>>for k in aDict:
print k, aDict[k];
>>> [[i,a[i]] for i in aDict]
[['a', 'bob'], ['b', 'stu']]
>>> [[i,a[i]] for i in aDict][0]
['a', 'stu']
>>> [[i,a[i]] for i in aDict][0][0]
'a'
>>> [[i,a[i]] for i in aDict][0][1]
'bob'
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Regards,
Ishwor Gurung
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