highest number in dict python code example

Example 1: python how to find the highest number in a dictionary

a_dictionary = {"a": 1, "b": 2, "c": 3}

max_key = max(a_dictionary, key=a_dictionary.get)
get key with max value


print(max_key)

Example 2: find the highest 3 values in a dictionary.

>>> sorted(my_dict, key=my_dict.get, reverse=True)[:3]
['K', 'B', 'A']