Iterate through a dictionary of lists one "line" at a time

[Steve Holden]

wswilson wrote:
> Here is my code:
> 
> listing = {'id': ['a', 'b', 'c'], 'name': ['Joe', 'Jane', 'Bob']}
> 
> I need to output:
> 
> id name
> a Joe
> b Jane
> c Bob
> 
> I could do:
> 
> print 'id', 'name'
> for id, name in zip(listing['id'], listing['name']): print id, name
> 
> but that only works if there are two entries in the dictionary, id and
> name, and I know what they are. My problem is I don't know how many of
> these entries there will be. Thanks for any help you can give!
> 
  >>> listing = {'id': ['a', 'b', 'c'], 'name': ['Joe', 'Jane', 'Bob']}
  >>> for (id, name) in zip(listing['id'], listing['name']):
  ...   print id, name
  ...
a Joe
b Jane
c Bob
  >>>

regards
  Steve
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