N-ary tree in python

Question

I want to create a N-ary tree in which each node will contain a key(name) and a value.

1 root then N children with two fields = name and associate value and again each children have N-children with 2 fields.

looking for simpler approach without using class using only dictionary and lists (if possible??).

class Node():
    #Do something
    # ....

Answer 1

class Node(object):
    def __init__(self, name, value):
        self.name = name
        self.value = value
        self.children = []
    def add_child(self, obj):
        self.children.append(obj)

You say youre looking for a "simpler approach without using class" but my claim here is that 9 times out of 10 using a class for this will be the simpler approach.

Answer 2

If you insist on not using classes:

def create_node(name, value):
    return {
        'name': name,
        'value': value,
        'children': []
    }

def add_child(node, obj):
    node['children'].append(obj)

########################################
node = create_node('foo', 0)
add_child(node, create_node('bar', 1))

print(node) 
# Result: {'name': 'foo', 'value': 0, 'children': [{'name': 'bar', 'value': 1, 'children': []}]}