How to get a key from inside another key in python-CodePudding

Hey does anybody know how I would go about getting the value of a key which is already inside another key like this:

a = {"fruit":[{"oranges":['10']},{"apples":['11']}]}
print(a.get("fruit"))

I can get the value of "fruit" but how would I get the value of "oranges". Thank you for any help in advance.

CodePudding user response：

Let's format your dictionary and clearly see what you have:

a = {
  "fruit": [
    {
      "oranges": ['10']
    },
    {
      "apples": ['11']
    }
  ]
}

So, a.get('fruit') gives you a list, which elements can be accessed with indexes.

So a['fruit'][0] gives you

{
  "oranges": ['10']
}

and a['fruit'][1] gives you

{
  "apples": ['11']
}

So in order to get the value of oranges you should go with:

a['fruit'][0]['oranges']

which will give you: ['10']. ['10'] is a list of its own. If you want to get only the value, you can do:

a['fruit'][0]['oranges'][0]

CodePudding user response：

You just have to access the first element of the list inside fruits, and then access the key inside

print(a['fruit'][0]['oranges']