access first element in dictionary python code example

Example 1: first position dict python

my_dict = {'foo': 'bar', 'spam': 'eggs'}
next(iter(my_dict)) # outputs 'foo'

# or

my_dict = {'foo': 'bar', 'spam': 'eggs'}
list(my_dict.keys())[0] # outputs 'foo'

Example 2: python get first value in a dictionary

# Dictionary of string and int
word_freq = {
    'Hello' : 56,
    "try"    : 23,
    'test'  : 43,
    'This'  : 78,
    'Way'   : 11
}
# Get first value from dictionary
first_value = list(word_freq.values())[0]
print('First Value: ', first_value)

# Output:
# First Value:  56