[Tutor] Getting first item in dictionary

[David L Neil]

On 28/01/20 8:30 AM, Roel Schroeven wrote:
> S D schreef op 27/01/2020 om 12:51:
>> I have a dictionary which contains one item (“current_location”, which 
>> is a
>> nested dict) and I would like to access that nested dict. However, I 
>> cannot
>> use the key as the code will break if a different key is passed, e.g.
>> “different_location".
>>
>> How can I access the first item in a dictionary without using a key? The
>> dict looks like this:
...

> That should extract the one item from a dictionary, if there is only 
> one. And I think it should extract the first item even if there are 
> multiple items, but that "first item" might not be what you expect 
> depending on your expectations and the version of Python you use.


v3.7+
"the insertion-order preservation nature of dict objects has been 
declared to be an official part of the Python language spec."
https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.7.html
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Regards =dn