How to search if dictionary value contains certain string with Python

Question

I have a dictionary with key-value pair. My value contains strings. How can I search if a specific string exists in the dictionary and return the key that correspond to the

Answer 1

Klaus solution has less overhead, on the other hand this one may be more readable

myDict = {'age': ['12'], 'address': ['34 Main Street, 212 First Avenue'],
          'firstName': ['Alan', 'Mary-Ann'], 'lastName': ['Stone', 'Lee']}

def search(myDict, lookup):
    for key, value in myDict.items():
        for v in value:
            if lookup in v:
                return key

search(myDict, 'Mary')