Title: Creating Lists From Dictionary Keys And Values
Slug: create_list_from_dictionary_keys_and_values
Summary: Creating Lists From Dictionary Keys And Values
Date: 2016-05-01 12:00
Category: Python
Tags: Data Wrangling
Authors: Chris Albon

Create a dictionary



In [1]:

    
dict = {'county': ['Cochice', 'Pima', 'Santa Cruz', 'Maricopa', 'Yuma'], 
        'year': [2012, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2014], 
        'fireReports': [4, 24, 31, 2, 3]}

Create a list from the dictionary keys



In [2]:

    
# Create a list of keys
list(dict.keys())









    Out[2]:





['fireReports', 'year', 'county']

Create a list from the dictionary values



In [3]:

    
# Create a list of values
list(dict.values())









    Out[3]:





[[4, 24, 31, 2, 3],
 [2012, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2014],
 ['Cochice', 'Pima', 'Santa Cruz', 'Maricopa', 'Yuma']]