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A simple class to find the difference of two single level python dictionaries
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A simple class to find the difference of two single level python dictionaries AND where deepdiff is just overkill | |
https://github.com/seperman/deepdiff | |
''' | |
class SimpleDictDiffer(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, first_dict, second_dict): | |
self.current_dict, self.past_dict = first_dict, second_dict | |
self.set_current, self.set_past = set(first_dict.keys()), set(second_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]) |
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