Aug-21-2018, 02:18 PM
This doesn't answer your question, but makes your code much more readable, and corrects
PEP8 inconsistencies.
You can save your dictionary as a json file with:
PEP8 inconsistencies.
You can save your dictionary as a json file with:
import json landmask_regions= { \ 'Africa': ['mask_M01.map', 'mask_M02.map', 'mask_M03.map', \ 'mask_M05.map', 'mask_M06.map', 'mask_M07.map', 'mask_M08.map', \ 'mask_M09.map'], \ 'Asia': ['mask_M04.map', 'mask_M05.map', 'mask_M10.map', 'mask_M11.map', \ 'mask_M12.map', 'mask_M13.map', 'mask_M14.map', 'mask_M15.map', \ 'mask_M16.map', 'mask_M17.map', 'mask_M18.map', 'mask_M19.map', \ 'mask_M20.map', 'mask_M21.map', 'mask_M22.map', 'mask_M23.map'], \ 'Europe': ['mask_M26.map', 'mask_M28.map', 'mask_M32.map', 'mask_M33.map', \ 'mask_M34.map'], \ 'N-America': ['mask_M25.map', 'mask_M35.map', 'mask_M36.map', 'mask_M37.map', \ 'mask_M38.map', 'mask_M39.map', 'mask_M40.map', 'mask_M41.map', \ 'mask_M42.map', 'mask_M43.map', 'mask_M44.map', 'mask_M45.map', 'mask_M46.map'], \ 'Australia': ['mask_M47.map', 'mask_M48.map', 'mask_M49.map'], \ 'S-America': ['mask_M24.map', 'mask_M50.map', 'mask_M51.map', \ 'mask_M52.map', 'mask_M53.map']} with open('landmarks.json', 'w') as jp: json.dump(landmask_regions, jp)and modify your code like (cleaner):
import json def main(): with open('landmarks.json') as jp: landmask_regions = json.load(jp) choice = 'Europe' if choice == 'whole_world': maps = sum(landmask_regions.values(), []) print "processing world maps" for region in maps: print region elif choice in landmask_regions: maps = landmask_regions[choice] print "processing continent" for region in maps: print region elif choice.endswith('.map'): maps = [choice] print "processing river area" for region in maps: print region if __name__ == '__main__': main()