Get Selection field value instead of key in Odoo

In this article you will learn how to retrieve Selection field value in python instead of its key. For example you have a selection field which have values like [('a', 'A'), ('b','B'), ('c','C')].  

Retrieving Selection Field value instead of key

code = fields.Selection([('a', 'A'), ('b','B'), ('c','C')])

If you get this field value in python its gives "a" instead of "A". To get actual value we will use below code snippet.

Method 1:

	#syntax
	some_variable = self._fields['your_selection_field'].selection
	#Example
	code = self._fields['code'].selection
	# output: [('a', 'A'), ('b','B'), ('c','C')]
	#To convert into python dictionary we will use dict keyword provided by python.
	code_dict = dict(code)
	#To get actual value we will pass key to above dictionary.
	name = code_dict.get(self.code)

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Method 2:

	# Syntax
	dict(self.fields_get(allfields=['field_name'])['field_name']['selection'])['key_of_selection_field']
	#If you want to get field value in same model in which you are working than use below code
	code = dict(self.fields_get(allfields=['state'])['state']['selection'])['key']
	#Example
	code = dict(self.fields_get(allfields=['code'])['code']['selection'])[self.code]
	#If you want to get field value from another model than use below code
	code = dict(self.env['your.model'].fields_get(allfields=['state'])['state']['selection'])['key']
	#Example
	code = dict(self.env['your.model'].fields_get(allfields=['code'])['code']['selection'])[self.code]

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