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How do I access the dictionary containing the Portuguese language of the list below?

To access the key: variavel.foreign_names, but I would like to take the values that are inside the dictionary with Portuguese language (the dictionary will not always be the last.)

"foreignNames":[  
    {  
      "name":"Archange Avacyn",
      "language":"French",
      "multiverseid":411061
    },
    {  
      "name":"Erzengel Avacyn",
      "language":"German",
      "multiverseid":410731
    },
    {  
      "name":"Arcangelo Avacyn",
      "language":"Italian",
      "multiverseid":411391
    },
    {  
      "name":"大天使アヴァシン",
      "language":"Japanese",
      "multiverseid":411721
    },
    {  
      "name":"대천사 아바신",
      "language":"Korean",
      "multiverseid":412051
    },
    {  
      "name":"Arcanjo Avacyn",
      "language":"Portuguese (Brazil)",
      "multiverseid":412381
    }
python python-3.x

  • Place the complete dictionary sff

  • @Miguel has difference put complete? the example above is a real situation, just removed 4 or 5 dictionaries to not get too long.

  • Ha ok, I thought it might be relevant. Dsculpa

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Here’s what you can do:

dic = {"foreignNames":[  
    {  
      "name":"Archange Avacyn",
      "language":"French",
      "multiverseid":411061
    },
    {  
      "name":"Erzengel Avacyn",
      "language":"German",
      "multiverseid":410731
    },
    {  
      "name":"Arcangelo Avacyn",
      "language":"Italian",
      "multiverseid":411391
    },
    {  
      "name":"大天使アヴァシン",
      "language":"Japanese",
      "multiverseid":411721
    },
    {  
      "name":"대천사 아바신",
      "language":"Korean",
      "multiverseid":412051
    },
    {  
      "name":"Arcanjo Avacyn",
      "language":"Portuguese (Brazil)",
      "multiverseid":412381
    }
]}

def find_lang(lingua):
    for i in dic['foreignNames']:
        if(i['language'].lower().startswith(lingua.lower())):
            return i
    return None

lang = find_lang('portuguese')
print(lang) # {'name': 'Arcanjo Avacyn', 'language': 'Portuguese (Brazil)', 'multiverseid': 412381}

DEMONSTRATION

Or, if you prefer without using a function:

...
lingua = 'Portuguese'

for i in dic['foreignNames']:
    if(i['language'].lower().startswith(lingua.lower())):
        print(dic_lingua) # {'name': 'Arcanjo Avacyn', 'language': 'Portuguese (Brazil)', 'multiverseid': 412381}
        break
else: # caso o for acima nao tenha sofrido break
    print('não encontrado')

Note that I’m comparing lower() to seek again case insensitive, I’m guessing it will come from some external input, you can remove it if you see it is misused (getting like this: if(i['language'].startswith(lingua))), if you want to make an accurate comparison (same words exactly) do, if(i['language'] == lingua)

A way with list comprenssion, but if you ask me I prefer the above solutions:

...
lingua = 'Portuguese'
dic_lingua = [x for x in dic['foreignNames'] if x['language'].startswith(lingua)]

if dic_lingua: # verificar se a lista resultante traz alguma entrada
    print(dic_lingua[0])
else:
    print('não encontrado')

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