Group list elements
Groups the elements of a list based on the given function.
- Use
collections.defaultdict
to initialize a dictionary.
- Use
fn
in combination with a for
loop and dict.append()
to populate the dictionary.
- Use
dict()
to convert it to a regular dictionary.
from collections import defaultdict
def group_by(lst, fn):
d = defaultdict(list)
for el in lst:
d[fn(el)].append(el)
return dict(d)
from math import floor
group_by([6.1, 4.2, 6.3], floor) # {4: [4.2], 6: [6.1, 6.3]}
group_by(['one', 'two', 'three'], len) # {3: ['one', 'two'], 5: ['three']}