Python | Check if given multiple keys exist in a dictionary

Last Updated : 11 May, 2020

A dictionary in Python consists of a collection of key-value pairs. Each key-value pair maps the key to its associated value.

Input : dict[] = {“geeksforgeeks” : 1, “practice” : 2, “contribute” :3}
keys[] = {“geeksforgeeks”, “practice”}
Output : Yes
Input : dict[] = {“geeksforgeeks” : 1, “practice” : 2, “contribute” :3}
keys[] = {“geeksforgeeks”, “ide”}
Output : No

Let’s discuss various ways of checking multiple keys in a dictionary :

Method #1 Using comparison operator :
This is the common method where we make a set which contains keys that use to compare and using comparison operator we check if that key present in our dictionary or not.

# Python3 code to check multiple key existence
# using comparison operator
  
# initializing a dictionary
sports = {"geeksforgeeks" : 1, "practice" : 2, "contribute" :3}
  
# using comparison operator
print(sports.keys() >= {"geeksforgeeks", "practice"})
print(sports.keys() >= {"contribute", "ide"})

Output:

True
False

Method #2 Using issubset() :
In this method, we will check the keys that we have to compare is subset() of keys in our dictionary or not.

# Python3 code heck multiple key existence
# using issubset
  
# initializing a dictionary
sports = {"geeksforgeeks" : 1, "practice" : 2, "contribute" :3}
  
# creating set of keys that we want to compare
s1 = set(['geeksforgeeks', 'practice'])
s2 = set(['geeksforgeeks', 'ide'])
  
print(s1.issubset(sports.keys()))
print(s2.issubset(sports.keys()))

Output:

True
False

Method #3 Using if and all statement :
In this method we will check that if all the key elements that we want to compare are present in our dictionary or not .

# Python3 code check multiple key existence
# using if and all
  
# initializing a dictionary
sports = {"geeksforgeeks" : 1, "practice" : 2, "contribute" :3}
  
# using if, all statement 
if all(key in sports for key in ('geeksforgeeks', 'practice')):
    print("keys are present")
else:
    print("keys are not present")
  
# using if, all statement 
if all(key in sports for key in ('geeksforgeeks', 'ide')):
    print("keys are present")
else:
    print("keys are not present")

Output:

keys are present
keys are not present

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