计算两个Python字典中键的差异
假设我有两个Python字典，分别叫做dictA和dictB。我想知道在dictB中有没有一些键是dictA中没有的。有什么最快的方法可以做到这一点呢？
我是不是应该把字典的键转换成一个集合，然后再进行比较呢？
想听听大家的想法……
感谢大家的回复。
抱歉没有把我的问题说清楚。我的情况是这样的——我有一个dictA，它可能和dictB完全一样，也可能和dictB相比缺少一些键，或者某些键的值可能不同，这些值需要设置为dictA中对应键的值。
问题是这个字典没有固定的标准，里面的值可能是字典的字典。
比如说：
dictA={'key1':a, 'key2':b, 'key3':{'key11':cc, 'key12':dd}, 'key4':{'key111':{....}}}
dictB={'key1':a, 'key2:':newb, 'key3':{'key11':cc, 'key12':newdd, 'key13':ee}.......
所以'key2'的值需要重置为新的值，而'key13'需要添加到字典里面。键的值没有固定的格式，可以是简单的值，也可以是字典，或者是字典的字典。
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我不太确定这样做是不是“快”，但通常情况下，可以这样做。
dicta = {"a":1,"b":2,"c":3,"d":4}
dictb = {"a":1,"d":2}
for key in dicta.keys():
if not key in dictb:
print key
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如果你想要递归地比较差异，我写了一个Python的包：https://github.com/seperman/deepdiff
安装
可以从PyPi安装：
pip install deepdiff
使用示例
导入
>>> from deepdiff import DeepDiff
>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> from __future__ import print_function # In case running on Python 2
相同的对象返回空
>>> t1 = {1:1, 2:2, 3:3}
>>> t2 = t1
>>> print(DeepDiff(t1, t2))
{}
某个项目的类型发生了变化
>>> t1 = {1:1, 2:2, 3:3}
>>> t2 = {1:1, 2:"2", 3:3}
>>> pprint(DeepDiff(t1, t2), indent=2)
{ 'type_changes': { 'root[2]': { 'newtype': <class 'str'>,
'newvalue': '2',
'oldtype': <class 'int'>,
'oldvalue': 2}}}
某个项目的值发生了变化
>>> t1 = {1:1, 2:2, 3:3}
>>> t2 = {1:1, 2:4, 3:3}
>>> pprint(DeepDiff(t1, t2), indent=2)
{'values_changed': {'root[2]': {'newvalue': 4, 'oldvalue': 2}}}
项目被添加和/或移除
>>> t1 = {1:1, 2:2, 3:3, 4:4}
>>> t2 = {1:1, 2:4, 3:3, 5:5, 6:6}
>>> ddiff = DeepDiff(t1, t2)
>>> pprint (ddiff)
{'dic_item_added': ['root[5]', 'root[6]'],
'dic_item_removed': ['root[4]'],
'values_changed': {'root[2]': {'newvalue': 4, 'oldvalue': 2}}}
字符串差异
>>> t1 = {1:1, 2:2, 3:3, 4:{"a":"hello", "b":"world"}}
>>> t2 = {1:1, 2:4, 3:3, 4:{"a":"hello", "b":"world!"}}
>>> ddiff = DeepDiff(t1, t2)
>>> pprint (ddiff, indent = 2)
{ 'values_changed': { 'root[2]': {'newvalue': 4, 'oldvalue': 2},
"root[4]['b']": { 'newvalue': 'world!',
'oldvalue': 'world'}}}
字符串差异 2
>>> t1 = {1:1, 2:2, 3:3, 4:{"a":"hello", "b":"world!\nGoodbye!\n1\n2\nEnd"}}
>>> t2 = {1:1, 2:2, 3:3, 4:{"a":"hello", "b":"world\n1\n2\nEnd"}}
>>> ddiff = DeepDiff(t1, t2)
>>> pprint (ddiff, indent = 2)
{ 'values_changed': { "root[4]['b']": { 'diff': '--- \n'
'+++ \n'
'@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@\n'
'-world!\n'
'-Goodbye!\n'
'+world\n'
' 1\n'
' 2\n'
' End',
'newvalue': 'world\n1\n2\nEnd',
'oldvalue': 'world!\n'
'Goodbye!\n'
'1\n'
'2\n'
'End'}}}
>>>
>>> print (ddiff['values_changed']["root[4]['b']"]["diff"])
---
+++
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-world!
-Goodbye!
+world
1
2
End
类型变化
>>> t1 = {1:1, 2:2, 3:3, 4:{"a":"hello", "b":[1, 2, 3]}}
>>> t2 = {1:1, 2:2, 3:3, 4:{"a":"hello", "b":"world\n\n\nEnd"}}
>>> ddiff = DeepDiff(t1, t2)
>>> pprint (ddiff, indent = 2)
{ 'type_changes': { "root[4]['b']": { 'newtype': <class 'str'>,
'newvalue': 'world\n\n\nEnd',
'oldtype': <class 'list'>,
'oldvalue': [1, 2, 3]}}}
列表差异
>>> t1 = {1:1, 2:2, 3:3, 4:{"a":"hello", "b":[1, 2, 3, 4]}}
>>> t2 = {1:1, 2:2, 3:3, 4:{"a":"hello", "b":[1, 2]}}
>>> ddiff = DeepDiff(t1, t2)
>>> pprint (ddiff, indent = 2)
{'iterable_item_removed': {"root[4]['b'][2]": 3, "root[4]['b'][3]": 4}}
列表差异 2：
>>> t1 = {1:1, 2:2, 3:3, 4:{"a":"hello", "b":[1, 2, 3]}}
>>> t2 = {1:1, 2:2, 3:3, 4:{"a":"hello", "b":[1, 3, 2, 3]}}
>>> ddiff = DeepDiff(t1, t2)
>>> pprint (ddiff, indent = 2)
{ 'iterable_item_added': {"root[4]['b'][3]": 3},
'values_changed': { "root[4]['b'][1]": {'newvalue': 3, 'oldvalue': 2},
"root[4]['b'][2]": {'newvalue': 2, 'oldvalue': 3}}}
忽略顺序或重复的列表差异：（使用上面的相同字典）
>>> t1 = {1:1, 2:2, 3:3, 4:{"a":"hello", "b":[1, 2, 3]}}
>>> t2 = {1:1, 2:2, 3:3, 4:{"a":"hello", "b":[1, 3, 2, 3]}}
>>> ddiff = DeepDiff(t1, t2, ignore_order=True)
>>> print (ddiff)
{}
包含字典的列表：
>>> t1 = {1:1, 2:2, 3:3, 4:{"a":"hello", "b":[1, 2, {1:1, 2:2}]}}
>>> t2 = {1:1, 2:2, 3:3, 4:{"a":"hello", "b":[1, 2, {1:3}]}}
>>> ddiff = DeepDiff(t1, t2)
>>> pprint (ddiff, indent = 2)
{ 'dic_item_removed': ["root[4]['b'][2][2]"],
'values_changed': {"root[4]['b'][2][1]": {'newvalue': 3, 'oldvalue': 1}}}
集合：
>>> t1 = {1, 2, 8}
>>> t2 = {1, 2, 3, 5}
>>> ddiff = DeepDiff(t1, t2)
>>> pprint (DeepDiff(t1, t2))
{'set_item_added': ['root[3]', 'root[5]'], 'set_item_removed': ['root[8]']}
命名元组：
>>> from collections import namedtuple
>>> Point = namedtuple('Point', ['x', 'y'])
>>> t1 = Point(x=11, y=22)
>>> t2 = Point(x=11, y=23)
>>> pprint (DeepDiff(t1, t2))
{'values_changed': {'root.y': {'newvalue': 23, 'oldvalue': 22}}}
自定义对象：
>>> class ClassA(object):
... a = 1
... def __init__(self, b):
... self.b = b
...
>>> t1 = ClassA(1)
>>> t2 = ClassA(2)
>>>
>>> pprint(DeepDiff(t1, t2))
{'values_changed': {'root.b': {'newvalue': 2, 'oldvalue': 1}}}
对象属性被添加：
>>> t2.c = "new attribute"
>>> pprint(DeepDiff(t1, t2))
{'attribute_added': ['root.c'],
'values_changed': {'root.b': {'newvalue': 2, 'oldvalue': 1}}}
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你可以对键进行集合操作：
diff = set(dictb.keys()) - set(dicta.keys())
这里有一个类，可以找出所有的可能性：哪些被添加了，哪些被移除了，哪些键值对是相同的，哪些键值对发生了变化。
class DictDiffer(object):
"""
Calculate the difference between two dictionaries as:
(1) items added
(2) items removed
(3) keys same in both but changed values
(4) keys same in both and unchanged values
"""
def __init__(self, current_dict, past_dict):
self.current_dict, self.past_dict = current_dict, past_dict
self.set_current, self.set_past = set(current_dict.keys()), set(past_dict.keys())
self.intersect = self.set_current.intersection(self.set_past)
def added(self):
return self.set_current - self.intersect
def removed(self):
return self.set_past - self.intersect
def changed(self):
return set(o for o in self.intersect if self.past_dict[o] != self.current_dict[o])
def unchanged(self):
return set(o for o in self.intersect if self.past_dict[o] == self.current_dict[o])
这里是一些示例输出：
>>> a = {'a': 1, 'b': 1, 'c': 0}
>>> b = {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'd': 0}
>>> d = DictDiffer(b, a)
>>> print "Added:", d.added()
Added: set(['d'])
>>> print "Removed:", d.removed()
Removed: set(['c'])
>>> print "Changed:", d.changed()
Changed: set(['b'])
>>> print "Unchanged:", d.unchanged()
Unchanged: set(['a'])
可以在GitHub上找到这个项目： https://github.com/hughdbrown/dictdiffer