a_dictionary = {"a": 1, "b": 2, "c": 3}
# get key with max value
max_key = max(a_dictionary, key=a_dictionary.get)
print(max_key)dic={0: 1.4984074067880424, 1: 1.0984074067880423, 2: 1.8984074067880425, 3: 2.2984074067880425, 4: 2.2984074067880425}
max_value = max(dic.values()) # maximum value
max_keys = [k for k, v in dic.items() if v == max_value] # getting all keys containing the `maximum`
print(max_value, max_keys)my_dict = {'a': 5, 'b': 10, 'c': 6, 'd': 12, 'e': 7}
max(my_dict, key=my_dict.get) # returns 'd'import operator
stats = {'a':1000, 'b':3000, 'c': 100}
max(stats.iteritems(), key=operator.itemgetter(1))[0]