Why list(dict.keys()) does not work?

[landlord1984]

my_dict = {'a':'aaa','b':'bbb','c':'ccc'}

l = list(my_dict.keys())

print(l)
print(my_dict.keys())

Weird....The script code works. But those in console still does not return "TypeError: 'list' object is not callable". Anyway, I am writing in a script, jsut sometimes do quick testing in console

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dict={'a':'aaa','b':'bbb','c':'ccc'} list(dict.keys())

TypeError Traceback (most recent call last) <ipython-input-60-be97bb392967> in <module>() ----> 1 list(dict.keys()) TypeError: 'list' object is not callable

I want to get a list of the keys of a dictionary for further manipulation. But don't know why this does not work. Somebody here:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17322...t-indexing suggested they can do by this way, but it does not work for me. Another question is: Can I access dictionary by index instead of key? Thanks, L

That should work. Since you use dict which is a type name as a variable, I can assume that you have a list variable elwhere in your code, that hides the list() function. No, you cannot access a dictionary by index. You can at best access the keys by index and then use the keys to access the values. But the key order can change if you add something to the dictionary.

Ok. I see. I think a need to give up using dictionary in this case. I want to do some manipulation of insert and remove.