Python merge lists by common element

Question

Im trying to merge two lists that have a common thing between them (in that case is a the id parameter). I have something like this:

list1=[(id1,host1

Answer 1

Maybe something like this?

#!/usr/local/cpython-3.3/bin/python

import pprint
import collections

class Host_data:
    def __init__(self, ip_address, hostnames):
        self.ip_address = ip_address
        self.hostnames = hostnames
        pass

    def __str__(self):
        return '{}({})'.format(self.ip_address, ','.join(self.hostnames))

    __repr__ = __str__

    # The python 2.x way
    def __cmp__(self, other):
        if self.ip_address < other.ip_address:
            return -1
        elif self.ip_address > other.ip_address:
            return 1
        else:
            if self.hostnames < other.hostnames:
                return -1
            elif self.hostnames > other.hostnames:
                return 1
            else:
                return 0

    # The python 3.x way
    def __lt__(self, other):
        if self.__cmp__(other) < 0:
            return True
        else:
            return False


def main():
    list1=[('id1','host1'),('id2','host2'),('id1','host5'),('id3','host4'),('id4','host6'),('id5','host8')]

    list2=[('id1','IP1'),('id2','IP2'),('id3','IP3'),('id4','IP4'),('id5','IP5')]

    keys1 = set(tuple_[0] for tuple_ in list1)
    keys2 = set(tuple_[0] for tuple_ in list2)
    keys = keys1 | keys2

    dict1 = collections.defaultdict(list)
    dict2 = {}

    for tuple_ in list1:
        id_str = tuple_[0]
        hostname = tuple_[1]
        dict1[id_str].append(hostname)

    for tuple_ in list2:
        id_str = tuple_[0]
        ip_address = tuple_[1]
        dict2[id_str] = ip_address

    result_dict = {}
    for key in keys:
        hostnames = []
        ip_address = ''
        if key in dict1:
            hostnames = dict1[key]
        if key in dict2:
            ip_address = dict2[key]
        host_data = Host_data(ip_address, hostnames)
        result_dict[key] = host_data

    pprint.pprint(result_dict)
    print('actual output:')
    values = list(result_dict.values())
    values.sort()
    print(', '.join(str(value) for value in values))

    print('desired output:')
    print('IP1(host1,host5), IP2(host2), IP3(host4), IP4(host6), IP5(host8)')


main()