create_list_from_dictionary_keys_and_values.ipynb

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      "# Creating Lists From Dictionary Keys And Values\n",
      "\n",
      "This snippit was written by [Chris R. Albon](http://www.chrisralbon.com/) and is part of his collection of [well-documented Python snippits](/~https://github.com/chrisalbon/code_py). All code is written in Python 3 in iPython notebook and offered under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)."
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     "source": [
      "### Create a dictionary"
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      "dict = {'county': ['Cochice', 'Pima', 'Santa Cruz', 'Maricopa', 'Yuma'], \n",
      "        'year': [2012, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2014], \n",
      "        'fireReports': [4, 24, 31, 2, 3]}"
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      "### Create a list from the dictionary keys"
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      "# Create a list to place the dictionary keys in\n",
      "dictionaryKeys = []\n",
      "\n",
      "# For each key in the dictionary's keys,\n",
      "for key in dict.keys():\n",
      "    # add the key to dictionaryKeys\n",
      "    dictionaryKeys.append(key)\n",
      "\n",
      "# View the dictionaryKeys list\n",
      "dictionaryKeys"
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        "['year', 'county', 'fireReports']"
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      "### Create a list from the  dictionary values"
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      "# Create a list to place the dictionary values in\n",
      "dictionaryValues = []\n",
      "\n",
      "# For each key in the dictionary's Values,\n",
      "for x in dict.values():\n",
      "    # add the key to dictionaryValues\n",
      "    dictionaryValues.append(x)\n",
      "\n",
      "# View the dictionaryValues list\n",
      "dictionaryValues"
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        "[[2012, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2014],\n",
        " ['Cochice', 'Pima', 'Santa Cruz', 'Maricopa', 'Yuma'],\n",
        " [4, 24, 31, 2, 3]]"
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