Return first N key:value pairs from dict

Question

Consider the following dictionary, d:

d = {\'a\': 3, \'b\': 2, \'c\': 3, \'d\': 4, \'e\': 5}

I want to return the first N key:value pairs f

Answer 1

You can approach this a number of ways. If order is important you can do this:

for key in sorted(d.keys()):
  item = d.pop(key)

If order isn't a concern you can do this:

for i in range(4):
  item = d.popitem()