How to access the key values in python dictionary with variables?

Question

I have a dict whose keys are numbers. It looks like this:

{'1': 3, '2': 7, '3', 14}

I need to access the value of each key with a variable, but get stuck because of the quotation marks of keys. How can I do that?

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– Karin, Commented Sep 6, 2016 at 3:31

ilent2 · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-06 03:36:11Z

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You can cast your number to a string,

my_dict = {'1': 3, '2': 7, '3': 14}

number = 2
print(my_dict[str(number)])

answered Sep 6, 2016 at 3:36

ilent2

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