Get All Values from a Python Dictionary

In this article, we will discuss how to extract a list of all the values from a Python dictionary. Following are various ways to retrieve list of all the values from a Python dictionary -

• Using dict.values() & list() Functions

• Using [] and *

• Using List comprehension

• Using append() function & For loop

Assume we have taken an example dictionary. We will return the list of all the values from a Python dictionary using different methods as specified above.

Using dict.values() & list() Functions

To obtain the list of values from a dictionary, we need to use dictionary.values() in conjunction with the list() function.

The values() method is used to access values from the key-value pairs, and then we need to convert the values to a list using the list() function.

Example

Following is an example -

# input dictionary
demoDictionary = {10: 'TutorialsPoint', 12: 'Python', 14: 'Codes'}
values = demoDictionary.values()
list = list(values)
# Printing the list of values of a dictionary using values() function
print(list)

When you run the program, it will show this output -

['TutorialsPoint', 'Python', 'Codes']

Using [ ] and "*"

We may get the entire list of dictionary values by using [] and *. The values() method retrieves the values from the dictionary, and "*" is used to get only values, and we then get into a list using the "[ ]" function.

Example

The following program returns the list of all the values of a dictionary using [] and * operators -

# Dictionary
demoDictionary = {10: 'TutorialsPoint', 12: 'Python', 14:'Codes'}
values = demoDictionary.values()
# Printing the list of values
print(*[values])

Output

After running the program, you will get this result -

dict_values(['TutorialsPoint', 'Python', 'Codes'])

Using List comprehension

To find the list of values, this method uses a list comprehension technique. It accepts a key as input and, using a for loop, returns a list containing the corresponding value for each occurrence of the key in each dictionary in the list.

Example

The following program returns the list of all the values of a dictionary using the List comprehension method -

# Dictionary
demoDictionary = {10: 'TutorialsPoint', 12: 'Python', 14: 'Codes'}

dict_valuesList = [demoDictionary[dict_key] for dict_key in demoDictionary]

# Printing values of a dictionary
print(dict_valuesList)

This output will be displayed when the program runs -

['TutorialsPoint', 'Python', 'Codes']

Using append() function & For loop

Here we are using the for loop to traverse over all the values of the dictionary using the values() function. The values() method is used to return a view object. The dictionary values are stored in the view object as a list.

Append each value of the dictionary to the list using the append() function, which is used to add the element to the list at the end by passing the corresponding value as an argument to it.

Example

The following program returns the list of all the values of a dictionary using the append() function & for loop -

# input dictionary
demoDictionary = {10: 'TutorialsPoint', 12: 'Python', 14: 'Codes'}

dictValuesList = []
# Traversing through all the values of the dictionary
for dictValue in demoDictionary.values():
   # appending each value to the list
   dictValuesList.append(dictValue)

# Printing the list of values of a dictionary
print(dictValuesList)

You will see this result after executing the program -

['TutorialsPoint', 'Python', 'Codes']

We used an empty list to store the dictionary's values, then iterated over the values, appended them to the list with the append() function, and displayed them.