[Tutor] 3 Dimensional Dictionaries

[Sunil Tech]

On Tuesday, July 23, 2013, Sunil Tech <sunil.techspk at gmail.com> wrote:
> THANK YOU ALL for your time.
>
> The first format which I pasted was from the DB
>
> The second format(exactly the same), is to be sent to the view.
>
> If the logic can be fitted in One or two methods it'll help me to easily
understand & to apply.
>
> so I request you to help...
>
>
> On Sunday, July 21, 2013, Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com> wrote:
>> On 20/07/13 11:17, Sunil Tech wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Everyone,
>>>
>>>     I have a list of dictionaries like
>>>
>>>     world =
>>>
[{'continent':'Asia','continent_code':1,'ocean':'Pacific','country':'India','country_code':1,'state':'Kerala',
>>>     'state_pin':500001},
>>
>>>
>>>     i am trying to to make it in this format
>>>
>>>     world = [{'continent':'Asia', 'ocean':'Pacific',
>>>     'countries':[{'country':'India',
>>>     'states':[{'state':'Kerala', 'state_pin':500001},
>>>     {'state':'Karnataka', 'state_pin':500002}]
>>>     }]
>>>     },
>>
>>>     Please help me in this regard.
>>
>> In what regard? Where do you need the help?
>> You seem to know the data format you want?
>>
>> The only thing I'd suggest is to consider using classes if you are
familiar with them.
>>
>> world => list of continents
>> continent => class containing countries
>> country => class containing states
>> state => class containing data
>>
>> It then becomes easier to build helper methods to extract/manipulate the
data you are interested in.
>>
>> Alternatively, if you have a large amount of data a database may be
another option. Swap table for class above and use SQL to manage the data.
>>
>> But other than those suggestions I don't know what kind of
>> help you want?
>>
>> --
>> Alan G
>> Author of the Learn to Program web site
>> http://www.alan-g.me.uk/
>>
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