Merging two dictionaries

[Douglas Garstang]

On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 1:09 AM, Peter Otten <__peter__ at web.de> wrote:
> Douglas Garstang wrote:
>
>> I have the two dictionaries below. How can I merge them, such that:
>>
>> 1. The cluster dictionary contains the additional elements from the
>> default dictionary.
>> 2. Nothing is removed from the cluster dictionary.
>
> def inplace_merge(default, cluster):
>    assert isinstance(default, dict)
>    assert isinstance(cluster, dict)
>
>    d = set(default)
>    c = set(cluster)
>    default_only = d - c
>    both = d & c
>    for key in both:
>        dv = default[key]
>        cv = cluster[key]
>        if isinstance(cv, dict):
>            inplace_merge(dv, cv)
>    cluster.update((dk, default[dk]) for dk in default_only)
>
> should work once you've fixed your example dicts.
>
> Peter
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Wooo! I think that did it!