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walk dictionary and add if match

barisx answered on January 19, 2024 Popularity 1/10 Helpfulness 1/10

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walk dictionary and add if match

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def walk_dict_and_add_if_match(d, target_key, target_value, add_object):
    if isinstance(d, dict):
        for k, v in d.items():
            # If the current key is the target and the value matches, add the provided object
            if k == target_key and v == target_value:
                d.update(add_object)
            # Recursively walk through the nested dictionary
            walk_dict_and_add_if_match(v, target_key, target_value, add_object)
    elif isinstance(d, list):
        for i, item in enumerate(d):
            # Recursively walk through each item in the list
            walk_dict_and_add_if_match(item, target_key, target_value, add_object)

# Example usage with a nested dictionary, a target key, and a target value:
example_data = {
    "key1": {
        "subkey1": "value1",
        "subkey2": {
            "subsubkey1": "value2"
        },
    },
    "key2": ["item1", "item2", {"subkey": "value3"}],
}

# Define the object to be added, the target key, and the target value
object_to_add = {"id": "new_value"}
target_key_name = "subkey"
target_value_name = "value3"

# Call the function with the example data
walk_dict_and_add_if_match(example_data, target_key_name, target_value_name, object_to_add)

print(example_data)

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