how to iterate through dictionary code example

Example 1: for key value in dict python

a_dict = {"color": "blue", "fruit": "apple", "pet": "dog"}
for key in a_dict:
  print(key, '->', a_dict[key])

# Output:
# color -> blue
# fruit -> apple
# pet -> dog

Example 2: how to iterate over dictionary in python

>>> for key, value in a_dict.items():
...     print(key, '->', value)
...
color -> blue
fruit -> apple
pet -> dog