Key of max value in a dict

Question

This gives the max value in a dict, but how do I get the dict key for the max value? ``` max([d[i] for i in d]) ```

Accepted Answer

Use the `key=` keyword argument to `max()`:

```
max(d, key=lambda k: d[k])
```

Instead of the lambda you can use `operators.itemgetter` as well:

```
import operators
max(d, key=operators.itemgetter(d))
```

or pass in `d.get`:

```
max(d, key=d.get)
```

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