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How to change value in a nested dictionary? - nzcan - Sep-23-2019
I have a dictionary whose keys are strings and the values are other, nested dictionaries.
The values ( nested dictionaries ) have different numbers of items. From 2 to 33.
How can I change a certain value of a certain nested dictionary that have 25 items without rewriting the nested dictionary manually by using for example:
nested_dict_1['user-1'] = 'sky'the dictionary looks like this:
prime_dict = {'user-1': {'cars': 3, 'byckes': 8, 'bus-tickets': 27, 'shoes': 48},
'user-2': {'appels': 2, 'babanas':7, 'limo':11, 'peaches': 9, 'mellons': 11, 'grapps': 31, 'potatos': 38}}I want to change the value 11 to 15 for the key 'limo' in the nested dictionary that is a part of the value to the key 'user-2'.How can I do this without to rewrite manually the hole value of the key 'user-2'?
RE: How to change value in a nested dictionary? - ichabod801 - Sep-23-2019
prime_dict['user-2']['limo'] = 15A way to think about it:
prime_dict['user-2'] gives you the sub-dictionary {'appels': 2, 'babanas':7, 'limo':11, 'peaches': 9, 'mellons': 11, 'grapps': 31, 'potatos': 38}, and then ['limo'] allows you to change the appropriate value.
RE: How to change value in a nested dictionary? - nzcan - Sep-23-2019
(Sep-23-2019, 02:54 PM)ichabod801 Wrote:prime_dict['user-2']['limo'] = 15A way to think about it:prime_dict['user-2']gives you the sub-dictionary{'appels': 2, 'babanas':7, 'limo':11, 'peaches': 9, 'mellons': 11, 'grapps': 31, 'potatos': 38}, and then['limo']allows you to change the appropriate value.
Super! Thanks a lot!