Python <=3.5 >>> a = {"one": 1, "two": 2, "three": 3} >>> a {'two': 2, 'one': 1, 'three': 3} >>> list(a)[0] 'two' Python >=3.6 >>> a = {"one": 1, "two": 2, "three": 3} >>> a {'one': 1, 'two': 2, 'three': 3} >>> list(a)[0] 'one'