get first element of 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: print first dictionary keys python

first_key = list(my_dict.keys())[0]
print(first_key)

Example 3: access first element of dictionary python

res = next(iter(test_dict))

Example 4: 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

Example 5: python get first element in a list

# Python3 code to demonstrate  
# to get first and last element of list 
# using list indexing 
  
# initializing list  
test_list = [1, 5, 6, 7, 4] 
  
# printing original list  
print ("The original list is : " +  str(test_list)) 
  
# using list indexing 
# to get first and last element of list 
res = [ test_list[0], test_list[-1] ]  
  
# printing result 
print ("The first and last element of list are : " +  str(res))