How to iterate over OrderedDict in Python?

Last Updated : 07 Feb, 2023

An OrderedDict is a subclass that preserves the order in which the keys are inserted. The difference between OrderedDict and Dict is that the normal Dict does not keep a track of the way the elements are inserted whereas the OrderedDict remembers the order in which the elements are inserted.

Explanation:

Input : original_dict = { 'a':1, 'b':2, 'c':3, 'd':4 }

Output: a 1 b 2 c 3 d 4

Input: original_dict = {'sayantan':9, 'sanjoy':7, 'suresh':5, 'rony':2}

Output: sayantan 9 sanjoy 7 suresh 5 rony 2

Steps to perform iteration through Ordereddict in python :

Import the ordereddict from collection in python.
Take the input of the ordereddict.
Iterate through the ordereddict in either of the two approaches given below:

Approach #1

Iterating through the ordereddict and printing the value.

Python3

# Python code to implement iteration
# over the ordereddict

# import required modules
from collections import OrderedDict

# create dictionary
od = OrderedDict({'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3, 'd': 4})

# iterating over the ordereddict
for key, value in od.items():
    print(key, value)

Output :

a 1
b 2
c 3
d 4

Time Complexity: O(n)
Auxiliary Space: O(n)

The above code can also be written as -

Python3

# Python code to implement iteration
# over the ordereddict

# import required modules
from collections import OrderedDict

# create dictionary
od = OrderedDict({'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3, 'd': 4})

# iterating over the ordereddict
for item in od.items():
    print(*item)

Output :

a 1
b 2
c 3
d 4

Time Complexity: O(n)
Auxiliary Space: O(n)

Approach #2

Iterating through the enumerate objects and printing the value. The enumerate() method is a method in which it adds a counter to the iterable object and returns the value in the form of an enumerate object.

Python3

# Python code to implement iteration
# over the ordereddict

# import required modules
from collections import OrderedDict

# create dictionary
od = OrderedDict({'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3, 'd': 4})

# iterating through the enumerate objects
for i, (key, value) in enumerate(od.items()):
    print(key, value)