Python Generate a dynamic dictionary from the list of keys

Question

I do have a list as given below -

keyList1 = [\"Person\", \"Male\", \"Boy\", \"Student\", \"id_123\", \"Name\"]
value1 = \"Roger\"

How can I ge

Answer 1

Perhaps you could subclass dict:

class ChainDict(dict):
    def set_key_chain(self, keyList, value):
        t = self
        for k in keyList[:-1]:
            t = t.setdefault(k, {})
        t.setdefault(keyList[-1], value)

c = ChainDict()
c.set_key_chain(['Person', 'Male', 'Boy', 'Student', 'id_123', 'Name'], 'Roger')
print c
>>{'Person': {'Male': {'Boy': {'Student': {'id_123': {'Name': 'Roger'}}}}}}

c.set_key_chain(['Person', 'Male', 'Boy', 'Student', 'id_123', 'Age'], 25)
print c
>>{'Person': {'Male': {'Boy': {'Student': {'id_123': {'Age': 25,
      'Name': 'Roger'}}}}}}