Use the key() method to get keys of Dictionary in Python. It doesn’t take any parameters and returns a view object that displays a list of all the keys.
dict.keys()Example get keys of Dictionary in Python
Simple example code.
emp = {'name': 'John', 'age': 30, 'salary': 70000}
print(emp.keys())
Output:
Example get dictionary keys as a list in Python
Python program with a custom function to get dictionary keys as a list.
def get_list(d):
return d.keys()
# Driver program
dict1 = {1: 'A', 2: 'B', 3: 'C'}
print(get_list(dict1))
Output: dict_keys([1, 2, 3])
Another example gets a pure list of keys from a given dictionary
def get_list(d):
lst = []
for key in d.keys():
lst.append(key)
return lst
# Driver program
dict1 = {1: 'A', 2: 'B', 3: 'C'}
print(get_list(dict1))
Output: [1, 2, 3]
Do comment if you have any questions or suggestions on this Python dict tutorial.
Note: IDE: PyCharm 2021.3.3 (Community Edition)
Windows 10
Python 3.10.1
All Python Examples are in Python 3, so Maybe its different from python 2 or upgraded versions.