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| From | Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: Constructing JSON data structures from non-string key python dictionaries |
| Date | 2012-11-21 16:04 +0000 |
| Organization | PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC |
| Message-ID | <k8iu2j$va$1@reader1.panix.com> (permalink) |
| References | <737ef2a9-f2e0-43fe-86a0-199940be2b69@googlegroups.com> <mailman.157.1353512886.29569.python-list@python.org> |
On 2012-11-21, MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
>> However, I don't know how to do that because dictionary keys in
>> python need to be strings. If I try to do the following, Python,of
>> course, complains that y,color,drilldown, etc are not defined.
>
> Just quote them:
>
> data = [ { 'y':55.11, 'color':colors[0], 'drilldown':{'name': 'MSIE
> versions','categories': ['MSIE 6.0', 'MSIE 7.0', 'MSIE 8.0', 'MSIE
> 9.0'],'data': [10.85, 7.35, 33.06, 2.81],'color': colors[0] }} ]
>
> Incidentally, dictionary keys in Python don't have to be strings, but
> merely 'hashable', which includes integers, floats and tuples amongst
> others.
I think he meant that in his use case, the Python dictionary keys must
be strings, since that's what JSON requires.
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Constructing JSON data structures from non-string key python dictionaries saikari78 <saikari78@gmail.com> - 2012-11-21 06:59 -0800
Re: Constructing JSON data structures from non-string key python dictionaries MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-11-21 15:48 +0000
Re: Constructing JSON data structures from non-string key python dictionaries Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-11-21 16:04 +0000
Re: Constructing JSON data structures from non-string key python dictionaries hfolch@gmail.com - 2012-11-21 08:04 -0800
Re: Constructing JSON data structures from non-string key python dictionaries MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-11-21 16:27 +0000
Re: Constructing JSON data structures from non-string key python dictionaries MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-11-21 16:43 +0000
Re: Constructing JSON data structures from non-string key python dictionaries Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2012-11-21 11:04 -0800
Re: Constructing JSON data structures from non-string key python dictionaries saikari78 <saikari78@gmail.com> - 2012-11-22 09:05 -0800
Re: Constructing JSON data structures from non-string key python dictionaries saikari78 <saikari78@gmail.com> - 2012-11-22 09:05 -0800
Re: Constructing JSON data structures from non-string key python dictionaries Paul Kölle <paul@subsignal.org> - 2012-11-22 09:53 +0100
Re: Constructing JSON data structures from non-string key python dictionaries hfolch@gmail.com - 2012-11-21 08:04 -0800
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