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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
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| Date | 2013-07-10 07:35 -0700 |
| References | <mailman.4522.1373464867.3114.python-list@python.org> |
| Message-ID | <15167633-b6e7-46cc-a043-8dfe8aaad11e@googlegroups.com> (permalink) |
| Subject | Re: Prime number generator |
| From | Bas <wegwerp@gmail.com> |
On Wednesday, July 10, 2013 4:00:59 PM UTC+2, Chris Angelico wrote:
[...]
> So, a few questions. Firstly, is there a stdlib way to find the key
> with the lowest corresponding value? In the above map, it would return
> 3, because 18 is the lowest value in the list. I want to do this with
> a single pass over the dictionary.
In [1]: prime = {2: 20, 3: 18, 5: 20, 7: 21, 11: 22, 13: 26}
In [2]: smallest_key = min(prime.iteritems(), key=lambda k_v: k_v[1])[0]
In [3]: smallest_key
Out[3]: 3
Still trying to figure out your algorithm ...
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Prime number generator Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-11 00:00 +1000
Re: Prime number generator Bas <wegwerp@gmail.com> - 2013-07-10 07:35 -0700
Re: Prime number generator Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-11 01:12 +1000
Re: Prime number generator bas <blswinkels@gmail.com> - 2013-07-10 08:47 -0700
Re: Prime number generator Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-11 02:15 +1000
Re: Prime number generator Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-07-10 18:47 +0100
Re: Prime number generator Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-07-10 12:56 -0600
Re: Prime number generator Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-07-10 20:06 +0100
Re: Prime number generator bryanjugglercryptographer@yahoo.com - 2013-07-30 21:57 -0700
Re: Prime number generator Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-07-10 16:01 +0000
Re: Prime number generator Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-11 02:52 +1000
Re: Prime number generator albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-07-30 10:58 +0000
Re: Prime number generator Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-07-30 11:33 -0600
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