Get a sub-set of a Python dictionary

In [38]: adict={'key1':1, 'key2':2, 'key3':3}
In [41]: dict((k,adict[k]) for k in ('key1','key2','key99') if k in adict)
Out[41]: {'key1': 1, 'key2': 2}

In Python3 (or Python2.7 or later) you can do it with a dict-comprehension too:

>>> {k:adict[k] for k in ('key1','key2','key99') if k in adict}
{'key2': 2, 'key1': 1}