如果条目匹配，则减少列表列表

Question

我有一个python列表

[['boy','121','is a male child'],['boy','121','is male'],['boy','121','is a child'],['girl','122','is a female child'],['girl','122','is a child']]

我想根据每个列表的前2个条目来减少列表，以获得

[['boy','121',is a male child, is male, is a child'],['girl','122','is a female child','is a child']]

有没有一种方法可以在不创建虚拟列表的情况下高效地执行此操作？你知道吗

Answer 1

对于这样的任务，你可以使用字典：

>>> li=[['boy','121','is a male child'],['boy','121','is male'],['boy','121','is a child'],['girl','122','is a female child'],['girl','122','is a child']]
>>> 
>>> d={}
>>> 
>>> for i,j,k in li:
...   d.setdefault((i,j),[]).append(k)
... 
>>> d
{('boy', '121'): ['is a male child', 'is male', 'is a child'], ('girl', '122'): ['is a female child', 'is a child']}

setdefault(key[, default])

If key is in the dictionary, return its value. If not, insert key with a value of default and return default. default defaults to None.

如果您想让元素在一个容器中，您可以在项目上循环，并将值转换为tuple，然后用key:

>>> [i+tuple(j) for i,j in d.items()]
[('boy', '121', 'is a male child', 'is male', 'is a child'), ('girl', '122', 'is a female child', 'is a child')]

正如@jornsharpe所说，作为一种更优雅的方式，您还可以使用collections.defaultdict：

>>> from collections import defaultdict
>>> 
>>> d=defaultdict(list)
>>> for i,j,k in li:
...   d[i,j].append(k)
... 
>>> d
defaultdict(<type 'list'>, {('boy', '121'): ['is a male child', 'is male', 'is a child'], ('girl', '122'): ['is a female child', 'is a child']})