Python compare keys values from same dictionary not working-CodePudding

I am learning python and I don’t get why this simple piece of code does not work.

list = {"Text":"Text"}

print(list)

if list.keys() == list.values():
    print("True")
else:
    print("False")

This returns False when it should return True.

CodePudding user response：

keys() and values() don't return lists, they return iterator objects that yield the keys and values. If you want to compare the contents, convert them to lists, using the list() function.

You won't be able to do this in your snippet because you've redefined the name list to your dictionary. You should use a variable name that isn't the same as a built-in function.

my_dict = {"Text":"Text"}

print(my_dict)

if list(my_dict.keys()) == list(my_dict.values()):
    print("True")
else:
    print("False")

CodePudding user response：

The type of dict.keys() and dict.values() is different so must cast both to a list object to compare.

data = {"Text":"Text"}

a = data.keys() 
b = data.values()

print(a)
print(b)
print(a == b) # False

if list(a) == list(b):
    print("True")
else:
    print("False")

Output:

dict_keys(['Text'])
dict_values(['Text'])
False
True