Comparing Dictionaries

[Ben Finney]

Kenneth Love <klove at tax.ok.gov> writes:

> In other words, I consider these two dictionaries to be equivalent:
> 
>     { 'dog' : 'bone', 'cat' : 'fever', 'mouse' : 'mickey' }
>     { 'mouse' : 'mickey', 'dog' : 'bone', 'cat' : 'fever' }
> 
> while these two are not:
> 
>     { 'dog' : 'bone', 'cat' : 'fever', 'mouse' : 'mickey' }
>     { 'dog' : 'bone', 'cat' : 'fever', 'mouse' : 'michael' }
> 
> Any suggestions on how to compare these via some assert statement?

Dictionaries already know how to compare themselves to each other.

    >>> {'dog': 'bone', 'cat': 'fever', 'mouse': 'mickey'} == {'mouse': 'mickey', 'dog': 'bone', 'cat': 'fever'}
    True
    >>> {'dog': 'bone', 'cat': 'fever', 'mouse': 'mickey'} == {'mouse': 'michael', 'dog': 'bone', 'cat': 'fever'}
    False

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Ben Finney