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Key of max value

Finds the key of the maximum value in a dictionary.

Use max() with the key parameter set to dict.get() to find and return the key of the maximum value in the given dictionary.

def key_of_max(d):
  return max(d, key = d.get)

key_of_max({'a':4, 'b':0, 'c':13}) # c

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You should use dict.get(key) instead of dict[key]

Learn the difference between two common ways to access values in Python dictionaries and level up your code today.