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get first and last key from dictionary instance.
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firstLastKey.py
import datetime
day23 = datetime.datetime(2012, 10, 23)
day24 = datetime.datetime(2012, 10, 24)
# dictionary does not have order.
dict = {day24 : 24, day23 : 23}
# get first key
sorted(dict.keys())[0]
# get last key
sorted(dict.keys())[len(dict.keys()) - 1]
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Sakurina commented Nov 25, 2012

I don't know if you know this but using [-1] on line 11 would be equivalent to [len(dict.keys()) - 1]

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