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Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 11:02:03 +1000
Subject: Re: Looking up a dictionary _key_ by key?
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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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