Re: Looking up a dictionary _key_ by key?

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Date	2015-06-24 11:02 +1000
Subject	Re: Looking up a dictionary _key_ by key?
From	Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
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On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 10:47 AM, Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> wrote:
> Would I have to do an O(n) search to find my key?

Iterate over it - it's an iterable view in Py3 - and compare.

ChrisA

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Re: Looking up a dictionary _key_ by key? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-06-24 11:02 +1000
  Re: Looking up a dictionary _key_ by key? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-06-23 18:06 -0700
    Re: Looking up a dictionary _key_ by key? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-06-24 00:50 -0600
      Re: Looking up a dictionary _key_ by key? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-24 09:55 +0300
    Re: Looking up a dictionary _key_ by key? Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-07-05 08:25 +0200

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