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Give me a dictionary and I'll give you the longest key in that dictionary.
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Longest Key
def longest_key(a_dict):
if a_dict == {}:
return None
else:
longestkey = ''
for key in a_dict:
if len(key) > len(longestkey):
longestkey = key
return longestkey
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