The posted code produces neither a set nor any keys; > it prints out the same predetermined non-key value multiple times.
This shows multiple dicts, with the same keys, and shows different values, and some with the same, and that is, in my opinion what the OP asked for: a = {} a['dict'] = 1 b = {} b['dict'] = 2 c = {} c['dict'] = 1 d = {} d['dict'] = 3 e = {} e['dict'] = 1 x = [a,b,c,d,e] count = 0 collection_count = 0 search_variable = 1 for dict_key_search in x: if dict_key_search['dict'] == search_variable: print "Match count found: #%i = %i" % (count,search_variable) collection_count += 1 count += 1 print collection_count The OP can jump in and tell me to alter the example, if they want to. -- Best Regards, David Hutto CEO: http://www.hitwebdevelopment.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list