python get key based on value code example

Example 1: how to get the key for a value in a dictionary in python

# function to return key for any value 
def get_key(val): 
    for key, value in my_dict.items(): 
         if val == value: 
             return key 
  
    return "key doesn't exist"
  
# Driver Code 
  
my_dict ={"java":100, "python":112, "c":11} 
  
print(get_key(100)) 
print(get_key(11))

Example 2: how to get key of a particular value in dictionary python using index

mydict = {'george': 16, 'amber': 19}
print(list(mydict.keys())[list(mydict.values()).index(16)])  # Prints george

Example 3: get key from a value

person = {'name': 'Phill', 'age': 22}

print('Name: ', person.get('Phill'))
print('Age: ', person.get('age'))

# value is not provided
print('Salary: ', person.get('salary'))

# value is provided
print('Salary: ', person.get('salary', 0.0))

Example 4: find key by value python

print(list(d.keys())[list(d.values()).index(990)])