looping through dictionary values in python code example

Example 1: iterate through dictionary

#iterate the dict by keys
for key in a_dict:
	print(key)
#iterate the dict by items - (key,value)
for item in a_dict.items():
    print(item)
#iterate the dict by values
for value in a_dict.values():
    print(value)

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