k3dict

It provides with several dict operation functions.

k3dict is a component of pykit3 project: a python3 toolkit set.

k3dict

It provides with several dict operation functions.

Status

This library is considered production ready.

Install

pip install k3dict

Synopsis

import k3dict

mydict = {"a": {"a.a": "v-a.a", "a.b": {"a.b.a": "v-a.b.a"}, "a.c": {"a.c.a": {"a.c.a.a": "v-a.c.a.a"}}}}

# depth-first iterative the dict
for rst in k3dict.depth_iter(mydict):
    print(rst)

# output:
#     (['a', 'a.c', 'a.c.a', 'a.c.a.a'], 'v-a.c.a.a')
#     (['a', 'a.b', 'a.b.a'], 'v-a.b.a')
#     (['a', 'a.a'], 'v-a.a')

for rst in k3dict.breadth_iter(mydict):
    print(rst)

# output:
#     (['a'],                            {'a.c': {'a.c.a': {'a.c.a.a': 'v-a.c.a.a'}}, 'a.b': {'a.b.a': 'v-a.b.a'}
#                                           , 'a.a': 'v-a.a'})
#     (['a', 'a.a'],                     'v-a.a')
#     (['a', 'a.b'],                     {'a.b.a': 'v-a.b.a'})
#     (['a', 'a.b', 'a.b.a'],            'v-a.b.a')
#     (['a', 'a.c'],                     {'a.c.a': {'a.c.a.a': 'v-a.c.a.a'}})
#     (['a', 'a.c', 'a.c.a'],            {'a.c.a.a': 'v-a.c.a.a'})
#     (['a', 'a.c', 'a.c.a', 'a.c.a.a'], 'v-a.c.a.a')
#

records = [
    {
        "event": "log in",
        "time": {
            "hour": 10,
            "minute": 30,
        },
    },
    {
        "event": "post a blog",
        "time": {
            "hour": 10,
            "minute": 40,
        },
    },
    {
        "time": {
            "hour": 11,
            "minute": 20,
        },
    },
    {
        "event": "log out",
        "time": {
            "hour": 11,
            "minute": 20,
        },
    },
]

get_event = k3dict.make_getter("event", default="NOTHING DONE")
get_time = k3dict.make_getter("time.$field")

for record in records:
    ev = get_event(record)

    hour = get_time(record, {"field": "hour"})
    minute = get_time(record, {"field": "minute"})
    tm = f"{hour:d}:{minute:d}"

    print(f"{ev:<12}   at {tm}")

# output:
# log in         at 10:30
# post a blog    at 10:40
# NOTHING DONE   at 11:20
# log out        at 11:20

Author

Zhang Yanpo (张炎泼) drdr.xp@gmail.com

Copyright and License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2015 Zhang Yanpo (张炎泼) drdr.xp@gmail.com