Hello, > I want to compare two dicts that should have identical info just in a > different data structure. The first dict's contents look like this. It > is authoritative... I know for sure it has the correct key value pairs: > > {'001' : '01'} > > The second dict's contents are like this with a tuple instead of a > string for the key: > > {('This is one', '001'): '01'} > > Pseudo Code: > for key, value in first_dict.iteritems(): > # How do I do the following line? > if key not in second_dict or if it is, but has has the wrong value, > then let me know def cmp_dicts(first, second): return sorted(first.iteritems()) == \ sorted(((k[1], v) for k, v in second.iteritems()))
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