30-seconds-of-code/snippets/python/s/key-of-min.md

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Key of min value	snippet	python	dictionary	goat-wooden-cottage	2021-01-07T23:15:48+02:00

Finds the key of the minimum value in a dictionary.

• Use min() with the key parameter set to dict.get() to find and return the key of the minimum value in the given dictionary.

def key_of_min(d):
  return min(d, key = d.get)

key_of_min({'a':4, 'b':0, 'c':13}) # b