This tutorial shows you how to write and use a function that will iterate over complex, nested dictionary or list or combination of the two. For any dictionaries it finds, it will rename the keys to lower-case.<\/p>\n
This is useful when trying to match an known string with a key name returned from another source where the characters are correct, but may come back in camelCase or in the wrong or just unknown case.<\/p>\n
First: Write the function. Next, create some sort of test list: Finally call it: CAUTION<\/strong>: If your dictionary has two elements with the same ascii characters in two separate cases such as mydict[‘key1’] and mydict[‘KEY1’], the function works on a last-match basis. That means whichever dictionary element gets renamed last wins.<\/p>\n Did you find this post useful or have questions or comments? Please let me know!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This tutorial shows you how to write and use a function that will iterate over complex, nested dictionary or list or combination of the two. For any dictionaries it finds, it will rename the keys to lower-case. This is useful … Continue reading
\ndef renameKeys(iterable):
\n if type(iterable) is dict:
\n for key in iterable.keys():
\n iterable[key.lower()] = iterable.pop(key)
\n if type(iterable[key.lower()]) is dict or type(iterable[key.lower()]) is list:
\n iterable[key.lower()] = renameKeys(iterable[key.lower()])
\n elif type(iterable) is list:
\n for item in iterable:
\n item = renameKeys(item)
\n return iterable
\n<\/code><\/p>\n
\nsomelist = [
\n {
\n 'myKey': 'asdA',
\n 'ASDFASDurKey':
\n [
\n {'QDD' : 'booger'},
\n 'asdf',
\n [1,2]
\n ]
\n }
\n]
\n<\/code><\/p>\n
\nsomelist = renameKeys(somelist)
\n<\/code><\/p>\n