Iterating over only the keys in a dictionary - is there an alternate way to do this, or is there an error w/ this quiz?

Question

Hi everyone! On this quiz, the question asks:
Complete the code so it will iterate over only the keys in the student dictionary.
```python
student = {'name': 'Craig', 'major': 'Computer Science', 'credits': 36}
for key in student.#in between these hashtags, there is a space where you enter your answer#():
    print(key)
```
I thought the way to complete this code is:
```python
student = {'name': 'Craig', 'major': 'Computer Science', 'credits': 36}
for key in student:
    print(key)
```
I ran this in my workspace, and it returned only the keys. I think the quiz may have an error, because it currently forces user to enter text after "student." in the for loop. 
To complete the challenge, you could just replace the period after "student" with a colon.
Is this correct? Or am I missing something about iterating over only the keys in the student dictionary?

Steven Parker · Accepted Answer

Just naming the dictionary would also do the same job, but since there's a membership operator before the blank, they are expecting you to use the "keys()" method there.

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Iterating over only the keys in a dictionary - is there an alternate way to do this, or is there an error w/ this quiz?

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