[Tutor] Return key from value

[orbitz at ezabel.com]

key -> value have a one to one relationship.
value -> key have a 1 to many relatinoship.

You will most likley need to iterate over your dictionary and check if the value
matches, and construct a list of keys.

If you have such a large datastructure, I wonder why you are doing this in the
first place?


On Thu, 13 May 2004 12:13:59 -0700
"firephreek" <firephreek at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I thought there was a method for it, but I can't seem to find it.
> 
> Does anyone know how I can return the matching key from a dictionary if
> I know the value?  I'm working with some very large data structures, and
> I don't want to have to duplicate them.
> 
> Stryder
> 
> 
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