Question

How to search a list of dictionaries in Python

Answer 1

list_of_dictionaries = [{"lang": "java", "jobs": 5},
                        {"lang": "php", "jobs": 7},
                        {"lang": "python", "jobs": 4},
                        {"lang": "c++", "jobs": 2}]

result = (item for item in list_of_dictionaries if item["lang"] == "python").__next__()

print(result)


'''
run:

{'lang': 'python', 'jobs': 4}

'''

 

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Answer 2

list_of_dictionaries = [{"lang": "java", "jobs": 5},
                        {"lang": "php", "jobs": 7},
                        {"lang": "python", "jobs": 4},
                        {"lang": "c++", "jobs": 2}]

result = filter(lambda item: item['lang'] == 'python', list_of_dictionaries).__next__()

print(result)


'''
run:

{'lang': 'python', 'jobs': 4}

'''

 

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Answer 3

list_of_dictionaries = [{"lang": "java", "jobs": 5},
                        {"lang": "php", "jobs": 7},
                        {"lang": "python", "jobs": 4},
                        {"lang": "c++", "jobs": 2}]

result = [element for element in list_of_dictionaries if element['lang'] == 'python']

print(result)


'''
run:

[{'lang': 'python', 'jobs': 4}]

'''

 

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Answer 4

list_of_dictionaries = [{"lang": "java", "jobs": 5},
                        {"lang": "php", "jobs": 7},
                        {"lang": "python", "jobs": 4},
                        {"lang": "c++", "jobs": 2}]

result = next(item for item in list_of_dictionaries if item["lang"] == "python")

print(result)


'''
run:

{'lang': 'python', 'jobs': 4}

'''

 

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