Python遍历嵌套字典

Question

First of all, here is the question and the code written:

def family_lineage(familytree, lineage):
    '''(dict, list of strs) -> boolean
    Return True if lineage specifies a list of names who are directly related
    in a chain of parent-child relationships, and NOT child-parent, parent-grandchild..etc,
    beginning from the first generation listed.

    >>> trace_lineage({'Gina': {'Sam': {'Tina': {}},
                           'Li': {}},
                   'Guy': {}},
                      ['Gina'])
    True

    >>> trace_lineage({'Gina': {'Sam': {'Tina': {}},
                               'Li': {}},
                       'Guy': {}},
                      ['Gina', 'Sam', 'Tina'])
    True
    >>> trace_lineage({'Gina': {'Sam': {'Tina': {}},
                               'Li': {}},
                       'Guy': {}},
                      ['Gina', 'Tina'])
    False
    '''

So, in the above example, it shows the 'Guy' has no children, and 'Gina' has two children, 'Sam', and 'Li'. 'Sam' has one child, 'Tina'.

for k, v in familytree.items():
    for n, m in v.items():
        if lineage[0] == any(k) and len(lineage) == 1:
            return True
        elif lineage[0] == k and lineage[1] == n and len(lineage) ==2:
            return True
        elif lineage[0] == k and lineage[1] == n and lineage[2] == m and \
        len(lineage) == 3:
            return True
        else:
            return False

So, my question is, how would I write this if the familytree extended beyond three generations? Is there a more concise way of writing this code?

Answer 1

Here is an iterative approach that will work even if lineage does not start at the top of the family tree:

def family_lineage(familytree, lineage):
    trees = [familytree]
    while trees:
        tree = trees.pop()
        trees.extend(t for t in tree.values() if t)
        for name in lineage:
            if name not in tree:
                break
            tree = tree[name]
        else:
            return True
    return False

Answer 2

Basically, you want to see if you can traverse the tree; use reduce() to loop over the elements and if a KeyError is raised, the path doesn't exist:

def family_lineage(familytree, lineage):
    if not familytree:
        return False
    try:
        reduce(lambda d, k: d[k], lineage, familytree)
        return True
    except KeyError:
        # No match at this level, recurse down the family tree
        return any(family_lineage(val, lineage) for val in familytree.itervalues())

reduce() applies the lambda function recursively to lineage , starting with familytree .

To support finding lineages deeper down the tree, you need to recurse down the tree on KeyError s.

Demo:

>>> tree = {'Gina': {'Sam': {'Tina': {}}, 'Li': {}}, 'Guy': {}}
>>> family_lineage(tree, ['Gina'])
True
>>> family_lineage(tree, ['Gina', 'Sam', 'Tina'])
True
>>> family_lineage(tree, ['Gina', 'Tina'])
False
>>> family_lineage(tree, ['Sam', 'Tina'])
True