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| Date | 2012-12-17 12:43 -0500 |
|---|---|
| From | Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> |
| Subject | Re: Delete dict and subdict items of some name |
| References | <943dbf16-1cd1-4844-a666-d8863f5941f8@googlegroups.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.975.1355766242.29569.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On 12/17/2012 12:27 PM, Gnarlodious wrote:
> Hello. What I want to do is delete every dictionary key/value of the name 'Favicon' regardless of depth in subdicts, of which there are many. What is the best way to do it?
>
> -- Gnarlie
Something like this should work:
def delkey(d, key):
if isinstance(d, dict):
if key in d: del d[key]
for val in d.values():
delkey(val, key)
--
Lark's Tongue Guide to Python: http://lightbird.net/larks/
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Delete dict and subdict items of some name Gnarlodious <gnarlodious@gmail.com> - 2012-12-17 09:27 -0800
Re: Delete dict and subdict items of some name Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2012-12-17 17:42 +0000
Re: Delete dict and subdict items of some name Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2012-12-17 12:43 -0500
Re: Delete dict and subdict items of some name Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-12-17 09:48 -0800
Re: Delete dict and subdict items of some name Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-12-17 12:50 -0500
Re: Delete dict and subdict items of some name Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2012-12-17 12:30 -0600
Re: Delete dict and subdict items of some name Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2012-12-17 16:33 -0500
Re: Delete dict and subdict items of some name Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-12-18 08:53 +1100
Re: Delete dict and subdict items of some name Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-12-17 17:00 -0500
Re: Delete dict and subdict items of some name MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-12-17 23:08 +0000
Re: Delete dict and subdict items of some name Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-12-18 00:17 +0000
Re: Delete dict and subdict items of some name Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2012-12-18 00:22 +0000
Re: Delete dict and subdict items of some name Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2012-12-17 20:09 -0500
Re: Delete dict and subdict items of some name Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2012-12-17 23:44 +0000
Re: Delete dict and subdict items of some name Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-12-17 21:13 -0500
Re: Delete dict and subdict items of some name Gnarlodious <gnarlodious@gmail.com> - 2012-12-17 21:30 -0800
Re: Delete dict and subdict items of some name Hans Mulder <hansmu@xs4all.nl> - 2012-12-18 11:31 +0100
Re: Delete dict and subdict items of some name Gnarlodious <gnarlodious@gmail.com> - 2012-12-18 07:27 -0800
Re: Delete dict and subdict items of some name Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-12-18 11:29 -0500
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