Function sumInDict

recipes/Python/278259_Dictionary_Tools/recipe-278259.py:200–224

Given a list L: [ {'S': [s11,s12,s13], 'V':[v11,v12,v13], ...}, {'S': [s21,s22,s23], 'V':[v21,v22,v23], ...}, {'S': [s31,s32,s33], 'V':[v31,v32,v33], ...}, ... ] Return a dict: {'S': [s1,s2,s3], 'V':[v1,v2,v3], ...} where s1 = s11 + s21 + s31 + ...

(L)

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def sumInDict(L):
  ''' Given a list L:
     [ {'S': [s11,s12,s13], 'V':[v11,v12,v13], ...},
       {'S': [s21,s22,s23], 'V':[v21,v22,v23], ...},
       {'S': [s31,s32,s33], 'V':[v31,v32,v33], ...},
       ... ]
       
     Return a dict:
     {'S': [s1,s2,s3], 'V':[v1,v2,v3], ...}

     where s1 = s11 + s21 + s31 + ...
           s2 = s12 + s22 + s32 + ...
  '''  
  keys = L[0].keys()
  new={}
  for k in keys:
      new[k] = []   # Init 'S':[]
      for x in L:   # x = {'S': [s11,s12,s13], 'V':[v11,v12,v13], ...}
          y = x[k]  # y = [s11,s12,s13]
          new[k].append(y) 

      ''' new[k] = [ [s11,s12,s13],[s21,s22,s23],[s31,s32,s33], ...]
          Then use sumInList=> {'S': [s1,s2,s3],'V': [v1,v2,v3],... }'''
      new[k] = sumInList(new[k])
  return new   

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