Python Program to create a sub-dictionary containing all keys from dictionary list

Given the dictionary list, our task is to create a new dictionary list that contains all the keys, if not, then assign None to the key and persist of each dictionary.

Example:

Input : test_list = [{‘gfg’ : 3, ‘is’ : 7}, {‘gfg’ : 3, ‘is’ : 1, ‘best’ : 5}, {‘gfg’ : 8}]

Output : [{‘is’: 7, ‘best’: None, ‘gfg’: 3}, {‘is’: 1, ‘best’: 5, ‘gfg’: 3}, {‘is’: None, ‘best’: None, ‘gfg’: 8}]

Explanation : The items with “is” and “best” are added to all lists, wherever missing as None if no values populated.

Input : test_list = [{‘gfg’ : 3}, {‘gfg’ : 3, ‘best’ : 5}, {‘gfg’ : 8}]

Output : [{‘best’: None, ‘gfg’: 3}, {‘best’: 5, ‘gfg’: 3}, {‘best’: None, ‘gfg’: 8}]

Explanation : The items with “best” are added to all lists, wherever missing as None if no values populated.

Method #1 : Using set() + chain.from_iterable() + get() + list comprehension

In this, we perform task of getting all the required keys using set() and chain.from_iterable(). The next step is to update all the dictionaries with not found keys using list comprehension and get().

Python3

# Python3 code to demonstrate working of
# Ensure all keys in dictionary list
# Using set() + chain.from_iterable() + get() + list comprehension
from itertools import chain

# initializing list
test_list = [{'gfg' : 3, 'is' : 7},
             {'gfg' : 3, 'is' : 1, 'best' : 5},
             {'gfg' : 8}]

# printing original list
print("The original list is : " + str(test_list))

# extracting all keys
all_keys = set(chain.from_iterable(test_list))

# assigning None using get() if key's value is not found
res = [dict((key, sub.get(key, None)) for key in all_keys) for sub in test_list]

# printing result
print("Reformed dictionaries list : " + str(res))

Output:

The original list is : [{‘gfg’: 3, ‘is’: 7}, {‘gfg’: 3, ‘is’: 1, ‘best’: 5}, {‘gfg’: 8}]

Reformed dictionaries list : [{‘gfg’: 3, ‘best’: None, ‘is’: 7}, {‘gfg’: 3, ‘best’: 5, ‘is’: 1}, {‘gfg’: 8, ‘best’: None, ‘is’: None}]

Method #2 : Using set() + chain.from_iterable() + update()

In this, the updation and checking of all the keys from dictionary is done using update(), rest all the functions remain similar. 

Python3

# Python3 code to demonstrate working of
# Ensure all keys in dictionary list
# Using set() + chain.from_iterable() + update()
from itertools import chain

# initializing list
test_list = [{'gfg' : 3, 'is' : 7},
             {'gfg' : 3, 'is' : 1, 'best' : 5},
             {'gfg' : 8}]

# printing original list
print("The original list is : " + str(test_list))

# extracting all keys
all_keys = set(chain.from_iterable(test_list))

# assigning None using update() if key is not found
for sub in test_list:
    sub.update({key: None for key in all_keys if key not in sub})

# printing result
print("Reformed dictionaries list : " + str(test_list))

Output:

The original list is : [{‘gfg’: 3, ‘is’: 7}, {‘gfg’: 3, ‘is’: 1, ‘best’: 5}, {‘gfg’: 8}]

Reformed dictionaries list : [{‘gfg’: 3, ‘best’: None, ‘is’: 7}, {‘gfg’: 3, ‘best’: 5, ‘is’: 1}, {‘gfg’: 8, ‘best’: None, ‘is’: None}]