How to access key from python dict?

Question

How to access key 'Description' from dict below?

{text:u'Description': u'ABC',text:u'Balance': u'35,402,678.51',text:u'Credit': u'10,000.00'}

Tried using mydict.get('Description') & mydict['Description']. please provide your suggestions, i am new to python.

my suggestion would be to read [Beginning Programming Python](http://thepythonguru.com/) — zetavolt, Jul 17 '17 at 08:07
The official [Tutorial in the Python Documentation](https://docs.python.org/3.6/tutorial/datastructures.html#dictionaries) should be a good starting point. This will help you create a valid data structure - your "dict" is not valid Python. — Christian König, Jul 17 '17 at 08:11

Mike Scotty · Answer 1 · 2017-07-17T08:18:54.143

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In your example, all your keys have a strange text: prefix, that result in an invalid dictionary (or rather in invalid syntax).

Otherwise your attempts are correct:

mydict = {u'Description': u'ABC',
u'Balance': u'35,402,678.51',
u'Credit': u'10,000.00'}

v = mydict.get('Description')

print(v) # ABC

By the way, if you get an error, you should add the complete traceback to your question, this will make it easier for us to help you.

edited Jul 17 '17 at 08:18

answered Jul 17 '17 at 08:09

Mike Scotty

There's nothing strange about `unicode`. – kabanus Jul 17 '17 at 08:11
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@kabanus I'm not talking about ``u``, I'm talking about ``text:u``, which (at least in my Python 3) is invalid syntax. – Mike Scotty Jul 17 '17 at 08:12
Ahh, I see. I think it's an IDE thing, and he just pasted from my terminal. – kabanus Jul 17 '17 at 08:59

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 17 '17 at 08:14

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“text:” is redundant, it can be left out.

dic = {u'Description': u'ABC', u'Balance': u'35,402,678.51', u'Credit': u'10,000.00'}

answered Jul 17 '17 at 08:14

lejoy

score -1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 17 '17 at 08:32

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Got the solution. error was due to "text" prefix. eliminated it using (myxlrdcell).value

answered Jul 17 '17 at 08:32

usr_11

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