"return dictionary with the max value" code example

Example 1: python find the key with max value

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

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

print(max_key)

Example 2: python max key dictionary key getter

from operator import itemgetter

items = [
    {'a': 1, 'b': 99},
    {'a': 2, 'b': 88},
    {'a': 3, 'b': 77},
]

print(max(items, key=itemgetter('a')))
print(max(items, key=itemgetter('b')))