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Find minimum value in dictionary Program Code

# Find minimum value in dictionary
prices = {"apple": 120, "banana": 40, "cherry": 80, "dates": 150, "elderberry": 60}
print("Dictionary:", prices)

# Method 1: Using min() on values
min_value = min(prices.values())
print(f"\nMinimum value: {min_value}")

# Method 2: Find key with minimum value
min_key = min(prices, key=prices.get)
print(f"Item with lowest price: {min_key} = {prices[min_key]}")

# Method 3: Using items()
min_pair = min(prices.items(), key=lambda x: x[1])
print(f"Using items(): {min_pair[0]} → {min_pair[1]}")

# Method 4: Manual iteration
min_key_manual = None
min_val_manual = float('inf')
for key, value in prices.items():
    if value < min_val_manual:
        min_val_manual = value
        min_key_manual = key
print(f"Manual method: {min_key_manual} → {min_val_manual}")

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