dictionary{} processing

JamesCrandall — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 20:33:12 GMT

Looking for most efficient method to update a dictionary that I'm populating from a REST map service and then attempting to alter as needed. The desired alteration is simple: duplicate each item and swap value in two of the attributes of the newly copied item. Best way to describe is just show current vs. desired output below!

(attributes "juncA" and "juncB" must have their values swapped on copied item).

Current:

{
  "junctionMatrix": [
    {
      "attributes": {
        "WCU": "C1",
        "calcMethod": "AERIAL",
        "juncA": "S47D",
        "juncB": "CR-03.0",
        "juncDistance": 8501.86072183
      }
    },
    {
      "attributes": {
        "WCU": "C1",
        "calcMethod": "AERIAL",
        "juncA": "S47B_C",
        "juncB": "S47D_S",
        "juncDistance": 17535.28122721
      }
    }
   ]
 }  ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Desired:

{
  "junctionMatrix": [
    {
      "attributes": {
        "WCU": "C1",
        "calcMethod": "AERIAL",
        "juncA": "S47D",
        "juncB": "CR-03.0",
        "juncDistance": 8501.86072183
      }
    },
    {
      "attributes": {
      "WCU": "C1",
      "calcMethod": "AERIAL",
      "juncA": "CR-03.0",
      "juncB": "S47D",
      "juncDistance": 8501.86072183
    }
    },
    {
      "attributes": {
        "WCU": "C1",
        "calcMethod": "AERIAL",
        "juncA": "S47B_C",
        "juncB": "S47D_S",
        "juncDistance": 17535.28122721
      }
    },
    {
      "attributes": {
        "WCU": "C1",
        "calcMethod": "AERIAL",
        "juncA": "S47D_S",
        "juncB": "S47B_C",
        "juncDistance": 17535.28122721
      }
    }
   ]
 } ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Re: dictionary{} processing

DarrenWiens2 — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 20:33:15 GMT

I'll leave it to you whether this is "most efficient", but it works:

import copy

new_list = []
for i in mydict['junctionMatrix']:
    i_copy = copy.deepcopy(i)
    i_copy['attributes']['juncA'] = i['attributes']['juncB']
    i_copy['attributes']['juncB'] = i['attributes']['juncA']
    new_list.append(i_copy)
mydict['junctionMatrix'] += new_list
mydict

{'junctionMatrix': [{'attributes': {'WCU': 'C1',
    'calcMethod': 'AERIAL',
    'juncA': 'S47D',
    'juncB': 'CR-03.0',
    'juncDistance': 8501.86072183}},
  {'attributes': {'WCU': 'C1',
    'calcMethod': 'AERIAL',
    'juncA': 'S47B_C',
    'juncB': 'S47D_S',
    'juncDistance': 17535.28122721}},
  {'attributes': {'WCU': 'C1',
    'calcMethod': 'AERIAL',
    'juncA': 'CR-03.0',
    'juncB': 'S47D',
    'juncDistance': 8501.86072183}},
  {'attributes': {'WCU': 'C1',
    'calcMethod': 'AERIAL',
    'juncA': 'S47D_S',
    'juncB': 'S47B_C',
    'juncDistance': 17535.28122721}}]}‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

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