Get name of dictionary

Question

I find myself needing to iterate over a list made of dictionaries and I need, for every iteration, the name of which dictionary I'm iterating on. Here's an MRE (Minimal Reproducible Example). Contents of the dicts are irrelevant: dict1 = {...} dicta = {...} dict666 = {...} dict_list = [dict1, dicta, dict666] for dc in dict_list: # Insert command that should replace ??? print 'The name of the dictionary is: ', ??? If I just use dc where ??? is, it will print the entire contents of the dictionary. How can I get the name of the dictionary being used? JavaScript questions and answers, JavaScript questions pdf, JavaScript question bank, JavaScript questions and answers pdf, mcq on JavaScript pdf, JavaScript questions and solutions, JavaScript mcq Test , Interview JavaScript questions, JavaScript Questions for Interview, JavaScript MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions)

Answer 1

Don't use a dict_list, use a dict_dict if you need their names. In reality, though, you should really NOT be doing this. Don't embed meaningful information in variable names. It's tough to get. dict_dict = {'dict1':dict1, 'dicta':dicta, 'dict666':dict666} for name,dict_ in dict_dict.items(): print 'the name of the dictionary is ', name print 'the dictionary looks like ', dict_ Alternatively make a dict_set and iterate over locals() but this is uglier than sin. dict_set = {dict1,dicta,dict666} for name,value in locals().items(): if value in dict_set: print 'the name of the dictionary is ', name print 'the dictionary looks like ', value Again: uglier than sin, but it DOES work.