Python – Swap ith and jth key’s value in dictionary

Given a dictionary, perform swapping of ith and jth index key’s value.

Input : test_dict = {“Gfg”: 2, “is”: 4, “best”: 7, “for”: 9, “geeks”: 10}, i, j = 1, 4 
Output : {‘Gfg’: 2, ‘is’: 10, ‘best’: 7, ‘for’: 9, ‘geeks’: 4} 
Explanation : Values of “is” and “geeks” swapped.

Input : test_dict = {“Gfg”: 2, “is”: 4, “best”: 7, “for”: 9, “geeks”: 10}, i, j = 1, 2 
Output : {‘Gfg’: 2, ‘is’: 7, ‘best’: 4, ‘for’: 9, ‘geeks’: 10} 
Explanation : Values of “is” and “best” swapped. 

Method #1 : Using loop + values()

This is one of the ways in which this task can be performed. In this, we get the required swap key’s values and perform the required swap in loop, which creates a new dictionary.

Python3

# Python3 code to demonstrate working of
# Swap ith and jth key's value in dictionary
# Using loop + values()

# initializing dictionary
test_dict = {"Gfg": 2, "is": 4, "best": 7,
             "for": 9, "geeks": 10}

# printing original dictionary
print("The original dictionary is : " + str(test_dict))

# initializing i, j
i, j = 1, 3

# Extracting keys
vals = list(test_dict.values())

# performing swap
vals[i], vals[j] = vals[j], vals[i]

# setting new values
res = dict()
for idx, key in enumerate(test_dict):
    res[key] = vals[idx]

# printing result
print("Required dictionary : " + str(res))

Output:

The original dictionary is : {‘Gfg’: 2, ‘is’: 4, ‘best’: 7, ‘for’: 9, ‘geeks’: 10}
Required dictionary : {‘Gfg’: 2, ‘is’: 9, ‘best’: 7, ‘for’: 4, ‘geeks’: 10}

Method #2 : Using values() + dictionary comprehension

This is one of the ways in which this task can be performed. This is a method similar to above, the difference being that the dictionary assigning step is performed using dictionary comprehension.

Python3

# Python3 code to demonstrate working of
# Swap ith and jth key's value in dictionary
# Using values() + dictionary comprehension

# initializing dictionary
test_dict = {"Gfg": 2, "is": 4, "best": 7,
             "for": 9, "geeks": 10}

# printing original dictionary
print("The original dictionary is : " + str(test_dict))

# initializing i, j
i, j = 1, 3

# Extracting keys
vals = list(test_dict.values())

# performing swap
vals[i], vals[j] = vals[j], vals[i]

# setting new values
res = {key : vals[idx] for idx, key in enumerate(test_dict)}

# printing result
print("Required dictionary : " + str(res))

Output:

The original dictionary is : {‘Gfg’: 2, ‘is’: 4, ‘best’: 7, ‘for’: 9, ‘geeks’: 10}
Required dictionary : {‘Gfg’: 2, ‘is’: 9, ‘best’: 7, ‘for’: 4, ‘geeks’: 10}