Question

I only found here how can I get the key of the maximum value:

max(d, key=d.get())

but I need to search the maximum key and return the value of this key.

thanks,

Answer 1

To get the maximum key

max(d)

And for the value, just look it up in the dictionary

d[max(d)]

Note: You can also use max(d.keys()), but it a bit slower because it needs to build a temporary list

$ python -m timeit -s 'd={x:str(x) for x in range(10000)}' 'max(d)'
1000 loops, best of 3: 377 usec per loop
$ python -m timeit -s 'd={x:str(x) for x in range(10000)}' 'max(d.keys())'
1000 loops, best of 3: 476 usec per loop