I have this list of dictionary items. I want to delete a specific dictionary entry from the list by comparing it with a dictionary item
items =
[
{'label': 'Canary Wharf', 'parent': {'label': 'Canada Water', 'parent': None}},
{'label': 'Bermondsey', 'parent': {'label': 'Canada Water', 'parent': None}},
{'label': 'Surrey Quays', 'parent': {'label': 'Canada Water', 'parent': None}},
{'label': 'Rotherhithe', 'parent': {'label': 'Canada Water', 'parent': None}},
{'label': 'Victoria', 'parent': {'label': 'sth', 'parent': None}}, {'label': 'tth', 'parent': {'label': 'sth', 'parent': None}},
{'label': 'stu', 'parent': {'label': 'sth', 'parent': None}}, {'label': 'tth', 'parent': {'label': 'sth', 'parent': None}}
]
I have a variable
to_delete = {'label': 'Surrey Quays', 'parent': {'label': 'Canada Water', 'parent': None}}}
I would like to do,
items.pop(to_delete) OR items.delete(to_delete)
To get,
>>>print(items)
[
{'label': 'Canary Wharf', 'parent': {'label': 'Canada Water', 'parent': None}}, {'label': 'Bermondsey', 'parent': {'label': 'Canada Water', 'parent': None}},
{'label': 'Victoria', 'parent': {'label': 'sth', 'parent': None}}, {'label': 'tth', 'parent': {'label': 'sth', 'parent': None}},
{'label': 'stu', 'parent': {'label': 'sth', 'parent': None}}, {'label': 'tth', 'parent': {'label': 'sth', 'parent': None}}
]
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Answer
It seems that you are trying to delete a tuple of items. Your to_delete is actually a tuple of dictionaries, so to delete them, simply unpack them into separate variables like:
delete1, delete2 = to_delete items.remove(delete1) items.remove(delete2)
Alternatively, you can keep one variable and accomplish the same by:
items.remove(to_delete[0]) items.remove(to_delete[1])