Searching a large dictionary

[mike171562]

Sorry for the confusion, Simon, this is almost exactly what I need,
but i need to be able to search for a string in a given value of an
item

Here is an example of the dict I am working with

{'252': [{'code': '51679', 'date': '2009-08-01 11:35:38', 'userfield':
'252', 'from': '9876662881', 'to': '19877760406', 'fpld': '"Foobar"
<9855562881>', 'result': 'ANSW', 'sec': 131}, {'code': '51679',
'date': '2009-08-01 14:33:55', 'userfield': '252', 'from':
'9876662881', 'to': '19877770391', 'fpld': '"Foobar" <9876555881>',
'result': 'ANSW', 'sec': 86}]}


252 being the key, I need to be able to search for a string in a given
item , say 777 in the 'to' field so

print wtf(dict,'to','777')

would return

{'252': [{'code': '51679', 'date': '2009-08-01 11:35:38', 'userfield':
'252', 'from': '9876662881', 'to': '19877760406', 'fpld': '"Foobar"
<9855562881>', 'result': 'ANSW', 'billsec': 131}, {'code': '51679',
'date': '2009-08-01 14:33:55', 'userfield': '252', 'from':
'9876662881', 'to': '19877770391', 'fpld': '"Foobar" <9876555881>',
'result': 'ANSW', 'billsec': 86}]}

I hope this makes sense, sorry for not being clear







On Sep 23, 2:57 pm, mike171562 <support.desk.... at gmail.com> wrote:
> i am trying to search a large Python dictionary for a matching value.
> The results would need to be structured into a new dictionary with the
> same structure. Thanks.
>
> The structure is like this
>
> { Key : [{'item':value,'item2':value,'
> item3':value,'item4':value,'item5':value','item6':value,'item7':value,'item 8':value,'item9':value}],
> Key2 :
> [{'item':value,'item2':value,'item3':value,'item4':value,'item5':value','it em6':value,'item7':value,'item8':value,'item9':value}],
> Key3 :
> [{'item':value,'item2':value,'item3':value,'item4':value,'item5':value','it em6':value,'item7':value,'item8':value,'item9':value}]
>
> }
>
> On Sep 22, 7:16 pm, Dave Angel <da... at ieee.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Support Desk wrote:
> > > I need help searching a large python dictionary. The dictionary is setup
> > > like so
>
> > > Key[{'item':value,'item2':value,'item3':value,'item4':value,'item5':value', 'item6':value,'item7':value,'item8':value,'item9':value}]
>
> > > Key2[{'item':value,'item2':value,'item3':value,'item4':value,'item5':value' ,'item6':value,'item7':value,'item8':value,'item9':value}]
>
> > > Key3[{'item':value,'item2':value,'item3':value,'item4':value,'item5':value' ,'item6':value,'item7':value,'item8':value,'item9':value}]
>
> > > What would be the best way to search for a specific value of item1 and add
> > > all the results to a new dictionary? Thanks
>
> > With all the messages I've seen so far on this thread, all you've
> > managed to do is confuse it further.   I suggest you start over (new
> > thread) with a legal program defining a single dictionary (with real
> > values for Key, Key2, and value, and without extra quote marks which
> > make it fail to compile even if we guess what you're doing with the
> > three keys).  I suggest that at least some relevant parts of the data
> > should not be all identical, so we can tell what's important.
>
> > Use copy & paste from working code.
>
> > Then given a real dictionary, describe what you really want to search
> > for, and what acceptable results would be.
>
> > And also specify the programming language, version, and OS environment.
>
> > Thanks.
> > DaveA