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)# Basic syntax:
key_with_max_value = max(dictionary, key=dictionary.get)
# Note, to get the max value itself, you can do either of the following:
max_value = dictionary[max(dictionary, key=dictionary.get)]
max_value = max(dictionary.values())
# Example usage:
dictionary = {"a": 1, "b": 2, "c": 3}
max(dictionary, key=dictionary.get)
--> 'c'import operator
stats = {'a':1000, 'b':3000, 'c': 100}
max(stats.iteritems(), key=operator.itemgetter(1))[0]