Python – Filter index similar values

Sometimes, while working with Python dictionaries, we can have a problem in which we need to extract all the values in values lists that match the filtered indices from matching values from list with some key in dictionary. This kind of application can occur in web development.

Input : test_dict = {“Gfg” : [4, 5, 7], “is” : [5, 6, 8], “best” : [10, 7, 4]}
Output : {“Gfg” : [4, 5, 7], “is” : [5, 6, 8], “best” : [10, 7, 4]}

Input : test_dict = {“Gfg” : [4, 20, 5, 7], “is” : [5, 17, 6, 8], “best” : [10, 11, 7, 4]}
Output : {‘Gfg’: [4, 5, 7], ‘is’: [5, 6, 8], ‘best’: [10, 7, 4]}

Method #1 : Using loop + zip() + defaultdict()
The combination of above methods can be used to solve this problem. In this, we initialize the defaultdict with list, bind all the keys with zip() and use loop to append the required elements.

# Python3 code to demonstrate working of
# Filter index similar values
# Using loop + zip() + defaultdict()
from collections import defaultdict

# initializing dictionary
test_dict = {"Gfg" : [1, 4, 5, 6, 7], "is" : [5, 6, 8, 9, 10],
                                 "best" : [10, 7, 4, 11, 23]}

# printing original dictionary
print("The original dictionary : " + str(test_dict))

# initializing value list
filt_list = [4, 5, 7]

# Filter index similar values
# Using loop + zip() + defaultdict()
res = defaultdict(list)

for x, y, z in zip(test_dict['Gfg'], test_dict['is'], test_dict['best']):
    if x in filt_list:
        res['Gfg'].append(x)
        res['is'].append(y)
        res['best'].append(z)

# printing result
print("The filtered dictionary : " + str(dict(res)))

Output :

The original dictionary : {‘Gfg’: [1, 4, 5, 6, 7], ‘is’: [5, 6, 8, 9, 10], ‘best’: [10, 7, 4, 11, 23]}
The filtered dictionary : {‘Gfg’: [4, 5, 7], ‘is’: [6, 8, 10], ‘best’: [7, 4, 23]}

Method #2 : Using list comprehension + dictionary comprehension
The combination of above functionalities can be used to solve this problem. In this, we extract indices using list comprehension and filtering from other keys is done using dictionary comprehension.

# Python3 code to demonstrate working of
# Filter index similar values
# Using list comprehension + dictionary comprehension

# initializing dictionary
test_dict = {"Gfg" : [1, 4, 5, 6, 7], "is" : [5, 6, 8, 9, 10],
                                 "best" : [10, 7, 4, 11, 23]}

# printing original dictionary
print("The original dictionary : " + str(test_dict))

# initializing value list
filt_list = [4, 5, 7]

# Filter index similar values
# Using list comprehension + dictionary comprehension
temp = [test_dict['Gfg'].index(idx) for idx in filt_list]
res = {key : [test_dict[key][idx] for idx in temp] for key in test_dict.keys()}

# printing result
print("The filtered dictionary : " + str(res))

Output :

The original dictionary : {‘Gfg’: [1, 4, 5, 6, 7], ‘is’: [5, 6, 8, 9, 10], ‘best’: [10, 7, 4, 11, 23]}
The filtered dictionary : {‘Gfg’: [4, 5, 7], ‘is’: [6, 8, 10], ‘best’: [7, 4, 23]}