Question

I have code in Python which takes data from a database andlooks like this:

for result in request.user.results.all():
    data.append(dict([(str(word.type.type), str(word.word)) for word in result.word.all()
    data.append(dict([(season, ResultForm.CHOICES[r.season][1])]))

which displays ‘data’ as:

[{'color': 'blue', 'kind': 'pencil', 'rating': 'high'}, {'color': 'red', 'kind': 'truck', 'rating': 'low'}, {'season': 'winter'}, {'season': 'spring'}]

How do I just adjust the code so the output of data looks like:

[{'color': 'blue', 'kind': 'pencil', 'rating': 'high', 'season': 'winter'}, {'color': 'red', 'kind': 'truck', 'rating': 'low', 'season': 'spring'}]

Instead of just adding the last object, add it to each element.

Answer 1

I think you want dict.update here. However, I’m a little unsure where to insert the dict.update since I can’t figure out how your code works — It seems to me that your output should be something like:

[{'color': 'blue', 'kind': 'pencil', 'rating': 'high'}, {'season': 'winter'}, {'color': 'red', 'kind': 'truck', 'rating': 'low'},  {'season': 'spring'}]

Since the “season” dictionary is added immediately after the other (“color”, etc.) dictionary…

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As a side note:

dict([(score, ResultForm.CHOICES[r.season][1])])

is written must more understandably (and efficiently) as:

{score: ResultForm.CHOICES[r.season][1]}

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As indicated in your comments, I believe you want something like this:

for result in request.user.results.all():
    data.append(dict((str(word.type.type), str(word.word)) for word in result.word.all()))
    data[-1].update( {score: ResultForm.CHOICES[r.season][1]} )