Source code for coalib.misc.DictUtilities
from collections import Iterable, OrderedDict
[docs]def inverse_dicts(*dicts):
"""
Inverts the dicts, e.g. {1: 2, 3: 4} and {2: 3, 4: 4} will be inverted
{2: [1], 3: [2], 4: [3, 4]}. This also handles dictionaries
with Iterable items as values e.g. {1: [1, 2, 3], 2: [3, 4, 5]} and
{2: [1], 3: [2], 4: [3, 4]} will be inverted to
{1: [1, 2], 2: [1, 3], 3: [1, 2, 4], 4: [2, 4], 5: [2]}.
No order is preserved.
:param dicts: The dictionaries to invert.
:return: The inversed dictionary which merges all dictionaries into
one.
"""
inverse = {}
for dictionary in dicts:
for key, value in dictionary.items():
if isinstance(value, Iterable):
for item in value:
add_pair_to_dict(item, key, inverse)
else:
add_pair_to_dict(value, key, inverse)
return inverse
[docs]def add_pair_to_dict(key, value, dictionary):
"""
Add (key, value) pair to the dictionary. The value is added to a list of
values for the key.
"""
if key in dictionary:
dictionary[key].append(value)
else:
dictionary[key] = [value]
[docs]def update_ordered_dict_key(dictionary, old_key, new_key):
return OrderedDict(((new_key if k == old_key else k), v)
for k, v in dictionary.items())