traverse through dictionary python code example

Example 1: python iterate through dictionary

a_dict = {'apple':'red', 'grass':'green', 'sky':'blue'}
for key in a_dict:
  print key # for the keys
  print a_dict[key] # for the values

Example 2: iterate through dictionary

#iterate the dict by keys
for key in a_dict:
	print(key)
#iterate the dict by items - (key,value)
for item in a_dict.items():
    print(item)
#iterate the dict by values
for value in a_dict.values():
    print(value)

Example 3: python loop through dictionary

new_list = [something(key, value) for key, value in a_dict.items()]

Example 4: python loop through dictionary

d = {'x': 1, 'y': 2, 'z': 3} 
for key in d:
    print key, 'corresponds to', d[key]