How to Loop through Dictionary Values in Python?

Python Dictionary - Loop through Values

A dictionary is a collection of key:value pairs. At times, it is required to loop through only the values in a Dictionary.

You can access the values alone of a Python Dictionary using dict.values() on dictionary variable. Then use Python For Loop to iterate through those values.

Examples

1. Loop through values in given dictionary using values()

In this example, we will initialize a dictionary with some key:value pairs, and use for loop to iterate through values in the dictionary.

Python Program

myDictionary = {
	"name": "Lini",
	"year": 1989,
	"expertise": "data analytics"}

#iterate through dictionary
for value in myDictionary.values():
	print(value)

Explanation

  1. A dictionary myDictionary is created with three key-value pairs: "name": "Lini", "year": 1989, and "expertise": "data analytics".
  2. The values() method is called on myDictionary, which returns a view object containing all the values of the dictionary.
  3. A for loop is used to iterate over the values in the dictionary, where value represents the current value in each iteration.
  4. The print() function is used to display each value. The output will be:
    • Lini
    • 1989
    • data analytics

Output

Lini
1989
data analytics

2. Loop through values in given dictionary using items()

Similar to Dictionary.values(), the function Dictionary.items() returns key,value during each iteration. You can access values from the key:value, while traversing through the dictionary.

Python Program

myDictionary = {
	"name": "Lini",
	"year": 1989,
	"expertise": "data analytics"}

#iterate through dictionary
for key,value in myDictionary.items():
	print(value)

Explanation

  1. A dictionary myDictionary is created with three key-value pairs: "name": "Lini", "year": 1989, and "expertise": "data analytics".
  2. The items() method is called on myDictionary, which returns a view object containing the key-value pairs as tuples.
  3. A for loop is used to iterate through each key-value pair, where key and value represent the current key and corresponding value in each iteration.
  4. The print() function is used to display only the values, which are:
    • Lini
    • 1989
    • data analytics

Output

Lini
1989
data analytics

Summary

In this tutorial of Python Examples, we learned how to iterate through values of a Dictionary with the help of well detailed examples.

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