Removing Keys and Values from nested list in dict

Question

Using Python 3, I'm trying to figure out how I can remove the key and value pairs for "BasicPay" and "TotalPay".

 d = {
    "PersonDetail": [
        {"EmployeeNumber": "123", "ID": 212, "BasicPay": 0.0000, "TotalPay": 0.0000},
        {"EmployeeNumber": "987", "ID": 213, "BasicPay": 0.0000, "TotalPay": 0.0000}
        ]
    }

I'm going round in circles at the moment, any pointers to get me going would be appreciated!

https://stackoverflow.com/a/6147100/2864740 (wrt. `del` in context, similarly search for..) — user2864740, Jul 20 '20 at 22:16
`for lst in d.values():` `for subdict in lst:` `for key in ("BasicPay", "TotalPay"):` `del subdict[key]` — alani, Jul 20 '20 at 22:21

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 20 '20 at 22:17

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This should work. A for loop to go through each element.

d = {
    "PersonDetail": [
        {"EmployeeNumber": "123", "ID": 212, "BasicPay": 0.0000, "TotalPay": 0.0000},
        {"EmployeeNumber": "987", "ID": 213, "BasicPay": 0.0000, "TotalPay": 0.0000}
        ]
    }

for employee in d["PersonDetail"]:
    employee.pop("BasicPay")
    employee.pop("TotalPay")

print(d)

answered Jul 20 '20 at 22:17

JimmyCarlos

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`del` seems more appropriate, since you don't need to return the value. – Barmar Jul 20 '20 at 22:18
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While you're right, .pop() is more commonly known, so I went with that. – JimmyCarlos Jul 20 '20 at 22:19

Removing Keys and Values from nested list in dict

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