Question

In Python, I have a dictionary where the key is the stem and the value is a list of words with that stem, like this:

d= {‘achiev’: [‘achieved’, ‘achieve’] ‘accident’: [‘accidentally’, ‘accidental’] … } #over 1000 items in the dictionary.

How can I do for the 25 dictionary entries with the longest lists, print the stem and its list.

Thank you!

Answer 1

d = {'achiev': ['achieved', 'achieve'],
     'accident': ['accidentally', 'accidental']}  # over 1000 items in the dictionary.

longest_list_stem = None

for stem, lst in d.items():
    if longest_list_stem is None or len(lst) > len(d[longest_list_stem]):
        longest_list_stem = stem

print("Stem is", longest_list_stem)
print("It's list is", d[longest_list_stem])