Quick Filter Dictionary

[Steve Holden]

abcd wrote:
> On Mar 14, 7:29 am, "abcd" <codecr... at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>    I have a dictionary which may contain various keys/values, however,
>> it will always contain 'name' and 'age' keys.
>>
>>    This dictionary is kept inside a class, such as....
>>
>>     class Person:
>>         def __init__(self, name, age):
>>             self.data = {'name' : name, 'age' : age}
>>
>>         def getData(self, includeNameAge=False):
>>             if includeNameAge: return self.data
>>             tmp = <shallow or deep copy of 'data'>
>>             del tmp['name']
>>             del tmp['age']
>>             return tmp
>>
>>        The getdata method should return the data stored for the
>> person, however, it should be able to return the data excluding the
>> 'name' and 'age'.  Any suggestions on how to best implement this?
>> Keep in mind this sample code is meant to be an example, I realize
>> that a person would probably always want the name and age returned.
>>
>> thanks
> 
> 
> I guess one solution might be....
> 
> def getData(self, includeNameAge=False):
>     if includeNameAge: return self.data
>     return dict(filter(lambda item: item[0] not in ('name', 'age'),
> self.data.items()))
> 
> any other suggestions, improvements?
> 
You might find

     return dict((x,y) for (x, y) in self.data.iteritems()
                 if x not in ('name', 'age'))

easier to understand. Or you might not ...

regards
  Steve
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