Peter Otten wrote: > Paul Rubin wrote: > >> Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> writes: >>> assert len(keydict) == len(mydict) >> >> assert set(keydict) == set(mydict) > > The weaker check is O(1), and, combined with the succeeding for loop, > implies the above.
Sorry, I have to take that back: Python 3.6.0b1+ (3.6:5c92f9e0a8b1, Sep 13 2016, 14:44:51) [GCC 4.8.4] on linux Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> keydict = { 1: "Joseph", "Joseph": "Michael", 3: "John" } >>> mydict = { 1: 1000, 2: 2000, 3: 3000 } >>> assert len(keydict) == len(mydict) >>> assert set(keydict) == set(mydict) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> AssertionError >>> for k, v in keydict.items(): ... mydict[v] = mydict.pop(k) ... >>> print(mydict) {2: 2000, 'Michael': 1000, 'John': 3000} -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list