[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > I've got a bit of code which has a dictionary nested within another > dictionary. I'm trying to print out specific values from the inner > dict in a formatted string and I'm running into a roadblock. I can't > figure out how to get a value from the inner dict into the string. To > make this even more complicated this is being compiled into a large > string including other parts of the outer dict. > > mydict = {'inner_dict':{'Value1':1, 'Value2':2}, 'foo':'bar', > 'Hammer':'nails'} > > print "foo is set to %(foo)s - Value One is: %(inner_dict['Value1'])s > and Value Two is: %(inner_dict['Value2'])s -- Hammers are used to pound > in %(Hammer)s" % mydict > > The above fails looking for a key named 'inner_dict['Value1']' which > doesn't exist. > > I've looked through the docs and google and can't find anything > relating to this.
Because it is not supported. You can only use one level of keys, and it must be strings. So you have to do it like this: print "foo is set to %(foo)s - Value One is: %(inner_dict['Value1'])s and Value Two is: %(inner_dict['Value2'])s -- Hammers are used to poundin %(Hammer)s" % dict(Hammer=mydict['Hammer'], Value1=mydict["inner_dict"]["Value1"], Value2=mydict["inner_dict"]["Value2"]) Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list