How can I extract all values from a dictionary in Python?

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Naveen C. picture Naveen C. · Aug 9, 2011 · Viewed 367.4k times · Source

I have a dictionary d = {1:-0.3246, 2:-0.9185, 3:-3985, ...}.

How do I extract all of the values of d into a list l?

Answer

Pierre Bourdon picture Pierre Bourdon · Aug 9, 2011

If you only need the dictionary keys 1, 2, and 3 use: your_dict.keys().

If you only need the dictionary values -0.3246, -0.9185, and -3985 use: your_dict.values().

If you want both keys and values use: your_dict.items() which returns a list of tuples [(key1, value1), (key2, value2), ...].

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