Get value from dictionary by selecting key in Commandline

@siemen wrote:

Hi guys,

Slowly digging myself into python whenever I have some time, but got stuck on this one.

So I’m making a script where I would like to receive the value from a dictionary by selecting the key in the command menu.
This is my script and I’m struggling with 3 things (see below)

import Rhino

Dict = {
"Option1" : 111,
"Option2" : 214,
"Option3" : 356,
"Option4" : 482,
"Option5" : 514
}

def GetInputFromDict():
    
    gn = Rhino.Input.Custom.GetNumber()
    gn.SetCommandPrompt("Choose Number")
    
    listValues = []
    for key,val in Dict.items():
        listValues.append(key)
    listIndex = 0
    
    opList = gn.AddOptionList("Option", listValues, listIndex)
    
    gn.Get()
    
    Number = (""" *Here I would like to get the selected value from the Optionlist* """)
    FinalOption = (""" *Here I would like to get the selected key from the Optionlist* """)
    
    print "You chose option" + str(FinalOption) + " which contains the number" + str(Number) + "."
    
    
GetInputFromDict()

1. Why do I not get the same order as I have in my dictionary in my menu?

2. How do I make sure that after selecting one of the options in the command line I go back to this first menu but with the new option the user selected. So that it’s possible to go back into the options and choose something else.
   

3. How do I retrieve the value of the selected key from the library to be able to print the correct output

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