Thanks to all for their kind help and time. Alok
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 4:11 AM, Peter Otten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gary Herron wrote: > > > Alok Kumar wrote: > >> Dear All, > >> > >> I am using dictionary for filling my xpath parsed data. > >> > >> I wanted to use in the following manner. > >> > >> mydict[index] ["key1"] ["key2"] #Can someone help me with right > >> declaration. > >> > >> So that I can fill my XML xpath parsed data > >> > >> mydict[0] ["person"] ["setTime"] = "12:09:30" > >> mydict[0] ["person"] ["clrTime"] = "22:09:30" > > [I didn't see the original post] > > >>> from collections import defaultdict > >>> def make_inner(): > ... return defaultdict(lambda: defaultdict(make_inner)) > ... > >>> mydict = make_inner() > >>> mydict[0]["person"]["setTime"] = "12:09:30" > >>> mydict[0]["person"]["shoes"]["color"] = "bright yellow" > >>> mydict > defaultdict(<function <lambda> at 0x2b7afd0025f0>, {0: > defaultdict(<function > make_inner at 0x2b7afd002578>, {'person': defaultdict(<function <lambda> at > 0x2b7afd002668>, {'setTime': '12:09:30', 'shoes': defaultdict(<function > make_inner at 0x2b7afd002578>, {'color': 'bright yellow'})})})}) > > If that looks too messy, try a subclass: > > >>> class Dict(defaultdict): > ... def __init__(self): > ... defaultdict.__init__(self, Dict) > ... def __repr__(self): > ... return dict.__repr__(self) > ... > >>> mydict = Dict() > >>> mydict[0]["person"]["setTime"] = "12:09:30" > >>> mydict > {0: {'person': {'setTime': '12:09:30'}}} > >>> mydict[0]["person"]["shoes"]["color"] = "bright yellow" > >>> mydict > {0: {'person': {'setTime': '12:09:30', 'shoes': {'color': 'bright > yellow'}}}} > > Peter > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- Regards Alok Kumar
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