How can I extract all values from a dictionary in Python?

Question

I have a dictionary d = {1:-0.3246, 2:-0.9185, 3:-3985, ...}.

How do I extract all of the values of d into a list l?

score 406 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 18 '16 at 18:02

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If you only need the dictionary keys 1, 2, and 3 use: your_dict.keys().

If you only need the dictionary values -0.3246, -0.9185, and -3985 use: your_dict.values().

If you want both keys and values use: your_dict.items() which returns a list of tuples [(key1, value1), (key2, value2), ...].

edited Feb 18 '16 at 18:02

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answered Aug 09 '11 at 20:23

Pierre Bourdon

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If you are using Python 3 you'll want to use `list(your_dict.values())` to get a list (and not a dict_values object). – Matthias Braun May 13 '13 at 00:09

score 55 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 09 '11 at 20:23

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Use values()

>>> d = {1:-0.3246, 2:-0.9185, 3:-3985}

>>> d.values()
<<< [-0.3246, -0.9185, -3985]

answered Aug 09 '11 at 20:23

zeekay

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score 41 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 24 '20 at 11:18

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For Python 3, you need:

list_of_dict_values = list(dict_name.values())

answered Apr 24 '20 at 11:18

Freddie

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Thank You for mentioning that method `list()` is needed – Md. Sabbir Ahmed May 17 '20 at 23:42
this is mandatory for accessing the elements using indices – Pe Dro Sep 08 '21 at 17:11
Actually, ```dict_name.values().tolist``` should be faster if you are having 1d Array, check this [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27890735/difference-between-listnumpy-array-and-numpy-array-tolist#answer-27891227) – Hozayfa El Rifai Sep 23 '21 at 12:20

score 17 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 09 '11 at 20:25

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If you want all of the values, use this:

dict_name_goes_here.values()

If you want all of the keys, use this:

dict_name_goes_here.keys()

IF you want all of the items (both keys and values), I would use this:

dict_name_goes_here.items()

answered Aug 09 '11 at 20:25

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Michael Dorner · Answer 5 · 2022-04-25T07:48:04.787

For nested dicts, lists of dicts, and dicts of listed dicts, ... you can use

from typing import Iterable

def get_all_values(d):
    if isinstance(d, dict):
        for v in d.values():
            yield from get_all_values(v)
    elif isinstance(d, Iterable): # or list, set, ... only
        for v in d:
            yield from get_all_values(v)
    else:
        yield d

An example:

d = {'a': 1, 'b': {'c': 2, 'd': [3, 4]}, 'e': [{'f': 5}, {'g': set([6, 7])}]}
list(get_all_values(d)) # returns [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

PS: Yes, I love yield. ;-)

score 15 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 09 '11 at 20:23

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Call the values() method on the dict.

answered Aug 09 '11 at 20:23

David Heffernan

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score 6 · Answer 7 · edited Jul 28 '17 at 15:38

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If you want all of the values, use this:

dict_name_goes_here.values()

edited Jul 28 '17 at 15:38

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answered Jul 28 '17 at 15:16

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score 3 · Answer 8 · answered May 08 '18 at 14:08

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To see the keys:

for key in d.keys():
    print(key)

To get the values that each key is referencing:

for key in d.keys():
    print(d[key])

Add to a list:

for key in d.keys():
    mylist.append(d[key])

answered May 08 '18 at 14:08

list comprehension can help as well – Aug 30 '19 at 08:05
list=[d[key] for key in d.keys()] – Aug 30 '19 at 08:06

score 3 · Answer 9 · answered Aug 09 '11 at 20:24

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d = <dict>
values = d.values()

answered Aug 09 '11 at 20:24

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score 3 · Answer 10 · answered Jan 25 '22 at 12:52

Code of python file containing dictionary

dict={"Car":"Lamborghini","Mobile":"iPhone"}
print(dict)

If you want to print only values (instead of key) then you can use :

dict={"Car":"Lamborghini","Mobile":"iPhone"}
for thevalue in dict.values():
    print(thevalue)

This will print only values instead of key from dictionary

Bonus : If there is a dictionary in which values are stored in list and if you want to print values only on new line , then you can use :

dict={"Car":["Lamborghini","BMW","Mercedes"],"Mobile":["Iphone","OnePlus","Samsung"]}
nd = [value[i] for value in dict.values()
         for i in range(2)]
print(*nd,sep="\n")

Reference - Narendra Dwivedi - Extract Only Values From Dictionary

score 1 · Answer 11 · answered Mar 22 '22 at 17:24

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I know this question been asked years ago but its quite relevant even today.

>>> d = {1:-0.3246, 2:-0.9185, 3:-3985}
>>> l = list(d.values())
>>> l
[-0.3246, -0.9185, -3985]

answered Mar 22 '22 at 17:24

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score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Apr 19 '17 at 12:05

Pythonic duck-typing should in principle determine what an object can do, i.e., its properties and methods. By looking at a dictionary object one may try to guess it has at least one of the following: dict.keys() or dict.values() methods. You should try to use this approach for future work with programming languages whose type checking occurs at runtime, especially those with the duck-typing nature.

score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Jul 06 '19 at 10:49

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dictionary_name={key1:value1,key2:value2,key3:value3}
dictionary_name.values()

answered Jul 06 '19 at 10:49

Shriyans

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as pointed in the answer by Faaiz Qadri, you need to wrap you solution inside `list()` otherwise it returns `dict_values` – BCArg Dec 30 '20 at 18:53

score -1 · Answer 14 · answered Feb 18 '21 at 05:56

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Normal Dict.values()

will return something like this

dict_values(['value1'])

dict_values(['value2'])

If you want only Values use

Use this

list(Dict.values())[0] # Under the List

answered Feb 18 '21 at 05:56

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