Python: how to convert a dictionary into a subscriptable array?

Question

I know how to convert a dictionary into an list in Python, but somehow when I try to get, say, the sum of the resulting list, I get the error \'dict_values\' object is

Answer 1

@mgilson is right. A dictionary , by its intrinsic nature, isn't ordered.

Still you can do this :

alpha = {"A":1,"B":2,"C":3,"D":4,"E":5}   # dictionary
my_list = []
for key,value in alpha.items() :
    my_list.append(value)

You can access your "values" from my_list, but it will not be in order.