I'd like to build a dictionary in python in which different keys refer to the same element. I have this dictionary:
persons = {"George":'G.MacDonald', "Luke":'G.MacDonald', "Larry":'G.MacDonald'}
the key refer all to an identical string but the strings have different memory location inside the program, I'd like to make a dictionary in which all these keys refer to the same element, is that possible?
解决方案
You could do something like:
import itertools as it
unique_dict = {}
value_key=lambda x: x[1]
sorted_items = sorted(your_current_dict.items(), key=value_key)
for value, group in it.groupby(sorted_items, key=value_key):
for key in group:
unique_dict[key] = value
This transforms your dictionary into a dictionary where equal values of any kind(but comparable) are unique. If your values are not comparable(but are hashable) you could use a temporary dict:
from collections import defaultdict
unique_dict = {}
tmp_dict = defaultdict(list)
for key, value in your_current_dict.items():
tmp_dict[value].append(key)
for value, keys in tmp_dict.items():
unique_dict.update(zip(keys, [value] * len(keys)))