find the element with the highest value in the list of keys

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Please, I am told to find the maximum value of the list of keys in python but before that I was told to "create and sort a list of the dictionary's keys" and I did it with this code

sorted_keys = sorted(verse_dict.items(), key = lambda t: t[0])

But now, I am told to find the element with the highest value in the list of keys that I created.

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Does this answer your question? [Python 3 sort a dict by its values](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20944483/python-3-sort-a-dict-by-its-values) — Boris Verkhovskiy, Dec 11 '19 at 05:22

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 11 '19 at 04:04

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Changing the indexing to t[1] (value) from t[0] (key) should work for your case:

sorted(verse_dict.items(), key = lambda t: t[1])

answered Dec 11 '19 at 04:04

Paul Lo

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Thanks I really appreciate – LAWRENCE APPIAH-NUAMAH Dec 27 '19 at 11:27
No problem, glad it helps! – Paul Lo Dec 28 '19 at 02:26

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 11 '19 at 04:17

In your question, you have sorted your dictionary according to the key, now if you want to sort it by value, you can sort it like this

sorted(verse_dict.items(), key = lambda t: t[1])

Just like how Paul Lo mentioned it.

But now, since you are supposed to find the key having highest value, what you need to do is access the last element using indexing, you can update the above code like this:

sorted(verse_dict.items(), key = lambda t: t[1])[-1][0]

And, you'll get the highest value containing key in your dictionary.

Hope it helps, thanks.

Thanks I really appreciate – LAWRENCE APPIAH-NUAMAH Dec 27 '19 at 11:27 — LAWRENCE APPIAH-NUAMAH, Dec 27 '19 at 11:27

score -2 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 17 '23 at 18:14

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Simply, get the last value of the sorted keys:

sorted_keys = sorted(verse_dict.keys())
sorted_keys[-1]

edited Jun 17 '23 at 18:14

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answered Jun 16 '23 at 12:19

ADAMS WAKHUNGU

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find the element with the highest value in the list of keys

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