这是一个真正的“可逆字典”，基于Adam Acosta的解决方案，但强制val-to-key调用是唯一的，容易从值返回键:

from collections import UserDict


class ReversibleDict(UserDict):
    def __init__(self, enforce_unique=True, *args, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        self.val_to_keys = {}
        self.check_val = self.check_unique if enforce_unique else lambda x: x

    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
        self.check_val(value)
        super().__setitem__(key, value)
        self.val_to_keys[value] = key

    def __call__(self, value):
        return self.val_to_keys[value]

    def check_unique(self, value):
        assert value not in self.val_to_keys, f"Non unique value '{value}'"
        return value

如果你想强制字典值的唯一性，确保set enforce_unique=True。从值中获取键只需做rev_dict(value)，从键中调用值只需像往常一样做dict['key']，这里是一个用法示例:

rev_dict = ReversibleDict(enforce_unique=True)
rev_dict["a"] = 1
rev_dict["b"] = 2
rev_dict["c"] = 3
print("full dictinoary is: ", rev_dict)
print("value for key 'b' is: ", rev_dict["b"])
print("key for value '2' is: ", rev_dict(2))
print("tring to set another key with the same value results in error: ")
rev_dict["d"] = 1

以下是我对这个问题的看法。：） 我刚刚开始学习Python，所以我称之为:

“初学者可以理解的”解决方案。

#Code without comments.

list1 = {'george':16,'amber':19, 'Garry':19}
search_age = raw_input("Provide age: ")
print
search_age = int(search_age)

listByAge = {}

for name, age in list1.items():
    if age == search_age:
        age = str(age)
        results = name + " " +age
        print results

        age2 = int(age)
        listByAge[name] = listByAge.get(name,0)+age2

print
print listByAge

.

#Code with comments.
#I've added another name with the same age to the list.
list1 = {'george':16,'amber':19, 'Garry':19}
#Original code.
search_age = raw_input("Provide age: ")
print
#Because raw_input gives a string, we need to convert it to int,
#so we can search the dictionary list with it.
search_age = int(search_age)

#Here we define another empty dictionary, to store the results in a more 
#permanent way.
listByAge = {}

#We use double variable iteration, so we get both the name and age 
#on each run of the loop.
for name, age in list1.items():
    #Here we check if the User Defined age = the age parameter 
    #for this run of the loop.
    if age == search_age:
        #Here we convert Age back to string, because we will concatenate it 
        #with the person's name. 
        age = str(age)
        #Here we concatenate.
        results = name + " " +age
        #If you want just the names and ages displayed you can delete
        #the code after "print results". If you want them stored, don't...
        print results

        #Here we create a second variable that uses the value of
        #the age for the current person in the list.
        #For example if "Anna" is "10", age2 = 10,
        #integer value which we can use in addition.
        age2 = int(age)
        #Here we use the method that checks or creates values in dictionaries.
        #We create a new entry for each name that matches the User Defined Age
        #with default value of 0, and then we add the value from age2.
        listByAge[name] = listByAge.get(name,0)+age2

#Here we print the new dictionary with the users with User Defined Age.
print
print listByAge

.

#Results
Running: *\test.py (Thu Jun 06 05:10:02 2013)

Provide age: 19

amber 19
Garry 19

{'amber': 19, 'Garry': 19}

Execution Successful!

最后我用一个函数来做。这种方法可以避免进行完整的循环，直觉告诉我们，它应该比其他解决方案更快。

def get_key_from_value(my_dict, to_find):

    for k,v in my_dict.items():
        if v==to_find: return k

    return None

for name in mydict:
    if mydict[name] == search_age:
        print(name) 
        #or do something else with it. 
        #if in a function append to a temporary list, 
        #then after the loop return the list

a = {'a':1,'b':2,'c':3}
{v:k for k, v in a.items()}[1]

或更好的

{k:v for k, v in a.items() if v == 1}

Cat Plus Plus提到，字典并不是这样使用的。原因如下:

字典的定义类似于数学中的映射。在这种情况下，字典是K(键集)到V(值)的映射-反之亦然。如果对字典进行解引用，则希望只返回一个值。但是，不同的键映射到相同的值是完全合法的，例如:

d = { k1 : v1, k2 : v2, k3 : v1}

当你根据键的对应值查找它时，你实际上是在颠倒字典。但是映射并不一定是可逆的!在这个例子中，请求v1对应的键可以得到k1或k3。你应该把两者都退回吗?只是第一个发现的?这就是为什么indexof()对于字典是未定义的。

如果你知道你的数据，你可以这样做。但是API不能假设任意字典是可逆的，因此缺少这样的操作。