cam.utilities.dict_utils

Fabex ‘dict_utils.py’ © 2012 Vilem Novak

Functions

dict_cleanup(ndict)	Remove lonely points from a dictionary.
dict_remove(dict, val)	Remove a key and its associated values from a dictionary.

Module Contents

dict_cleanup(ndict)

Remove lonely points from a dictionary.

This function iterates over the keys of the provided dictionary and removes any entries that contain one or fewer associated values. It continues to check for and remove “lonely” points until no more can be found. The process is repeated until all such entries are eliminated from the dictionary.

Parameters:

ndict (dict) – A dictionary where keys are associated with lists of values.

Returns:

This function modifies the input dictionary in place and does not return

a value.

Return type:

None

dict_remove(dict, val)

Remove a key and its associated values from a dictionary.

This function takes a dictionary and a key (val) as input. It iterates through the list of values associated with the given key and removes the key from each of those values’ lists. Finally, it removes the key itself from the dictionary.

Parameters:

• dict (dict) – A dictionary where the key is associated with a list of values.

• val – The key to be removed from the dictionary and from the lists of its associated values.