comparing dictionaries

[Terry Reedy]

"Miki" <miki.tebeka at gmail.com> wrote in message 
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Hello,

> I want to compare two dicts that should have identical info just in a
> different data structure. The first dict's contents look like this. It
> is authoritative... I know for sure it has the correct key value pairs:
>
> {'001' : '01'}
>
> The second dict's contents are like this with a tuple instead of a
> string for the key:
>
> {('This is one', '001'): '01'}
>
> Pseudo Code:
> for key, value in first_dict.iteritems():
> # How do I do the following line?
> if key not in second_dict or if it is, but has has the wrong value,
> then let me know

Does this work for you?

for key,value in second_dict.iteritems():
  try:
    if first_dict[key(1)] == value:
        return True
    else:
        return False:
  except KeyError:
        return False

tjr