Searching a large dictionary

[Chris Rebert]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Rebert <clp2 at rebertia.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 5:35 PM
> To: Support Desk <support.desk.ipg at gmail.com>
> Cc: python-list at python.org
> Subject: Re: Searching a large dictionary
>> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 5:22 PM, Chris Rebert <clp2 at rebertia.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Support Desk
>>> <support.desk.ipg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > I need help searching a large python dictionary. The dictionary is setup
>>> > like so
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Key[{'item':value,'item2':value,'item3':value,'item4':value,'item5':value','item6':value,'item7':value,'item8':value,'item9':value}]
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Key2[{'item':value,'item2':value,'item3':value,'item4':value,'item5':value','item6':value,'item7':value,'item8':value,'item9':value}]
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Key3[{'item':value,'item2':value,'item3':value,'item4':value,'item5':value','item6':value,'item7':value,'item8':value,'item9':value}]
>>>
>>> That is not valid syntax. Do you mean you have a dictionary like this?:
>>>
>>> { Key :
>>> [{'item':value,'item2':value,'item3':value,'item4':value,'item5':value','item6':value,'item7':value,'item8':value,'item9':value}],
>>> Key2 :
>>> [{'item':value,'item2':value,'item3':value,'item4':value,'item5':value','item6':value,'item7':value,'item8':value,'item9':value}],
>>> Key3 :
>>> [{'item':value,'item2':value,'item3':value,'item4':value,'item5':value','item6':value,'item7':value,'item8':value,'item9':value}]
>>> }
> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Support Desk
> <support.desk.ipg at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Chris,  Yes that is the correct syntax, thanks
>
> Ok, so what would the new dictionary you want look like exactly? A
> list would seem the natural datatype for the results, but you want a
> dict.
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Support <support.desk.ipg at gmail.com> wrote:
> Chris, a list would work fine, the results are being rendered to a django template

results = []
for lst in your_dict.values():
    d = lst[0]
    try:
        results.append(d[item1])
    except KeyError:
        pass
#use results

Cheers,
Chris
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