David Pratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> Hi. I am wanting to create a tree list result structure from a
> dictionary to categorize results. The dictionary contains elements
> that identify its parent. The levels of categorization is not fixed,
> so there is a need for the code to be recursive to drill down to the
> lowest level. I have contrived a small source and result list to
> illustrate:
>
>>> imd=dict()
>>> for d in source_list:
par=d['parent']
v=d['title']
try:
imd[par].append(v)
except:
imd[par]=[v]
>>> imd
{'Project': ['Geometries', 'Verticals'], 'Geometry': ['Points',
'Layers', 'Water'], 'root': ['Project', 'Geometry', 'Soil'], 'Soil':
['Soiltypes']}
>>>
And then do whatever you need to do from here...
max
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