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How to access nested Python dictionary items via a list of keys?
The easiest and most readable way to access nested properties in a Python dict is to use for loop and loop over each item while getting the next value, until the end.
example
def getFromDict(dataDict, mapList):
for k in mapList: dataDict = dataDict[k]
return dataDict
a = {
'foo': 45,'bar': {
'baz': 100,'tru': "Hello"
}
}
print(getFromDict(a, ["bar", "baz"]))Output
This will give the output −
100
Updated on 05-Mar-2020 07:19:36
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