Dictionary index-element pairs in Python

To get the indices and elements of a dictionary as a tuple, use the enumerate function.

Example

Let us have a dictionary dct:

dct = {
	'a': 1,
	'b': 2,
	'c': 3
}

Let's output all its keys with indices:

for item in enumerate(dct):
	print(item)

After executing the code, tuples will be output, in which the index comes first, and then the key:

(0, 'a')
(1, 'b')
(2, 'c')

You can unpack the tuple into two variables:

for key, index in enumerate(dct):
	print(key, index)

Result of code execution:

'a' 0
'b' 1
'c' 2

Given a dictionary:

tst = {
	'a': 1,
	'b': 2,
	'c': 3,
	'd': 4,
	'e': 5
}

Print its indices and keys to the console as a tuple.

Given a dictionary:

tst = {
	'1': 11,
	'2': 12,
	'3': 13,
	'4': 14
}

Print its indices and keys to the console.

Given a dictionary:

tst = {
	'x': 10,
	'y': 20,
	'z': 30
}

Print its keys and indices to the console.