Thanks for your reply, but the javascript function expects option names to be unquoted, otherwise it won't work.
On Wednesday, November 21, 2012 3:48:07 PM UTC, MRAB wrote: > On 2012-11-21 14:59, saikari78 wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm using the json module to create a JSON string, then inserting that > > string into a html template containing a javascript function (from the > > highcharts library: http://www.highcharts.com/) > > > The json string I'm trying to create is to initialize a data variable in > > the javascript function, that has the following example format. > > > > > > > > > > > > data = [{ > > > y: 55.11, > > > color: colors[0], > > > drilldown: { > > > name: 'MSIE versions', > > > categories: ['MSIE 6.0', 'MSIE 7.0', 'MSIE 8.0', > > 'MSIE 9.0'], > > > data: [10.85, 7.35, 33.06, 2.81], > > > color: colors[0] > > > } > > > }] > > > > > > However, I don't know how to do that because dictionary keys in python need > > to be strings. If I try to do the following, Python,of course, complains > > that y,color,drilldown, etc are not defined. > > > > > > > > > import json > > > > > > data = [ { y:55.11, color:colors[0], drilldown:{name: 'MSIE > > versions',categories: ['MSIE 6.0', 'MSIE 7.0', 'MSIE 8.0', 'MSIE > > 9.0'],data: [10.85, 7.35, 33.06, 2.81],color: colors[0] }} ] > > > > > > data_string = json.dumps(data) > > > > > > > > > Many thanks for any suggestions on how to do this. > > > > > Just quote them: > > > > data = [ { 'y':55.11, 'color':colors[0], 'drilldown':{'name': 'MSIE > > versions','categories': ['MSIE 6.0', 'MSIE 7.0', 'MSIE 8.0', 'MSIE > > 9.0'],'data': [10.85, 7.35, 33.06, 2.81],'color': colors[0] }} ] > > > > Incidentally, dictionary keys in Python don't have to be strings, but > > merely 'hashable', which includes integers, floats and tuples amongst > > others. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
