概述

下面的方法将字典的深度合并问题细分为:

使用A的参数化浅归并函数merge(f)(A,b) 函数f归并两个字典a和b 与归并一起使用的递归归并函数f

实现

合并两个(非嵌套的)字典的函数可以用很多种方式编写。我个人喜欢

def merge(f):
    def merge(a,b): 
        keys = a.keys() | b.keys()
        return {key:f(a.get(key), b.get(key)) for key in keys}
    return merge

定义一个合适的递归归并函数f的一个好方法是使用multidispatch，它允许定义函数根据参数的类型沿着不同的路径求值。

from multipledispatch import dispatch

#for anything that is not a dict return
@dispatch(object, object)
def f(a, b):
    return b if b is not None else a

#for dicts recurse 
@dispatch(dict, dict)
def f(a,b):
    return merge(f)(a,b)

例子

要合并两个嵌套字典，只需使用merge(f)，例如:

dict1 = {1:{"a":"A"},2:{"b":"B"}}
dict2 = {2:{"c":"C"},3:{"d":"D"}}
merge(f)(dict1, dict2)
#returns {1: {'a': 'A'}, 2: {'b': 'B', 'c': 'C'}, 3: {'d': 'D'}} 

注:

这种方法的优点是:

该函数由较小的函数构建而成，每个函数只做一件事 这使得代码更容易推理和测试 这种行为不是硬编码的，但可以根据需要进行更改和扩展，从而提高代码重用(参见下面的示例)。

定制

一些答案还考虑了包含列表的字典，例如其他(可能嵌套的)字典。在这种情况下，可能需要映射列表并根据位置合并它们。这可以通过在归并函数f中添加另一个定义来实现:

import itertools
@dispatch(list, list)
def f(a,b):
    return [merge(f)(*arg) for arg in itertools.zip_longest(a, b)]

正如在许多其他答案中提到的，递归算法在这里最有意义。一般来说，在使用递归时，最好创建新值，而不是试图修改任何输入数据结构。

我们需要定义在每个合并步骤中发生的事情。如果两个输入都是字典，这很简单:我们从每一边复制唯一键，然后递归合并重复键的值。导致问题的是基本情况。如果我们拿出一个单独的函数，逻辑会更容易理解。作为占位符，我们可以将这两个值包装在一个元组中:

def merge_leaves(x, y):
    return (x, y)

现在我们的逻辑核心是这样的:

def merge(x, y):
    if not(isinstance(x, dict) and isinstance(y, dict)):
        return merge_leaves(x, y)
    x_keys, y_keys = x.keys(), y.keys()
    result = { k: merge(x[k], y[k]) for k in x_keys & y_keys }
    result.update({k: x[k] for k in x_keys - y_keys})
    result.update({k: y[k] for k in y_keys - x_keys})
    return result

让我们来测试一下:

>>> x = {'a': {'b': 'c', 'd': 'e'}, 'f': 1, 'g': {'h', 'i'}, 'j': None}
>>> y = {'a': {'d': 'e', 'h': 'i'}, 'f': {'b': 'c'}, 'g': 1, 'k': None}
>>> merge(x, y)
{'f': (1, {'b': 'c'}), 'g': ({'h', 'i'}, 1), 'a': {'d': ('e', 'e'), 'b': 'c', 'h': 'i'}, 'j': None, 'k': None}
>>> x # The originals are unmodified.
{'a': {'b': 'c', 'd': 'e'}, 'f': 1, 'g': {'h', 'i'}, 'j': None}
>>> y
{'a': {'d': 'e', 'h': 'i'}, 'f': {'b': 'c'}, 'g': 1, 'k': None}

我们可以很容易地修改叶子归并规则，例如:

def merge_leaves(x, y):
    try:
        return x + y
    except TypeError:
        return Ellipsis

并观察效果:

>>> merge(x, y)
{'f': Ellipsis, 'g': Ellipsis, 'a': {'d': 'ee', 'b': 'c', 'h': 'i'}, 'j': None, 'k': None}

我们还可以通过使用第三方库来根据输入的类型进行分派来潜在地清理这个问题。例如，使用multidispatch，我们可以这样做:

@dispatch(dict, dict)
def merge(x, y):
    x_keys, y_keys = x.keys(), y.keys()
    result = { k: merge(x[k], y[k]) for k in x_keys & y_keys }
    result.update({k: x[k] for k in x_keys - y_keys})
    result.update({k: y[k] for k in y_keys - x_keys})
    return result

@dispatch(str, str)
def merge(x, y):
    return x + y

@dispatch(tuple, tuple)
def merge(x, y):
    return x + y

@dispatch(list, list)
def merge(x, y):
    return x + y

@dispatch(int, int):
def merge(x, y):
    raise ValueError("integer value conflict")

@dispatch(object, object):
    return (x, y)

这允许我们在不编写自己的类型检查的情况下处理叶类型特殊情况的各种组合，并在主递归函数中替换类型检查。

这是我做的递归合并字典到无限深度的解决方案。传递给函数的第一个字典是主字典——其中的值将覆盖第二个字典中相同键的值。

def merge(dict1: dict, dict2: dict) -> dict:
    merged = dict1

    for key in dict2:
        if type(dict2[key]) == dict:
            merged[key] = merge(dict1[key] if key in dict1 else {}, dict2[key])
        else:
            if key not in dict1.keys():
                merged[key] = dict2[key]

    return merged

以下是来自@andrew cooke的回答。 它以更好的方式处理嵌套列表。

def deep_merge_lists(original, incoming):
    """
    Deep merge two lists. Modifies original.
    Recursively call deep merge on each correlated element of list. 
    If item type in both elements are
     a. dict: Call deep_merge_dicts on both values.
     b. list: Recursively call deep_merge_lists on both values.
     c. any other type: Value is overridden.
     d. conflicting types: Value is overridden.

    If length of incoming list is more that of original then extra values are appended.
    """
    common_length = min(len(original), len(incoming))
    for idx in range(common_length):
        if isinstance(original[idx], dict) and isinstance(incoming[idx], dict):
            deep_merge_dicts(original[idx], incoming[idx])

        elif isinstance(original[idx], list) and isinstance(incoming[idx], list):
            deep_merge_lists(original[idx], incoming[idx])

        else:
            original[idx] = incoming[idx]

    for idx in range(common_length, len(incoming)):
        original.append(incoming[idx])


def deep_merge_dicts(original, incoming):
    """
    Deep merge two dictionaries. Modifies original.
    For key conflicts if both values are:
     a. dict: Recursively call deep_merge_dicts on both values.
     b. list: Call deep_merge_lists on both values.
     c. any other type: Value is overridden.
     d. conflicting types: Value is overridden.

    """
    for key in incoming:
        if key in original:
            if isinstance(original[key], dict) and isinstance(incoming[key], dict):
                deep_merge_dicts(original[key], incoming[key])

            elif isinstance(original[key], list) and isinstance(incoming[key], list):
                deep_merge_lists(original[key], incoming[key])

            else:
                original[key] = incoming[key]
        else:
            original[key] = incoming[key]

这个简单的递归过程将一个字典合并到另一个字典，同时覆盖冲突的键:

#!/usr/bin/env python2.7

def merge_dicts(dict1, dict2):
    """ Recursively merges dict2 into dict1 """
    if not isinstance(dict1, dict) or not isinstance(dict2, dict):
        return dict2
    for k in dict2:
        if k in dict1:
            dict1[k] = merge_dicts(dict1[k], dict2[k])
        else:
            dict1[k] = dict2[k]
    return dict1

print (merge_dicts({1:{"a":"A"}, 2:{"b":"B"}}, {2:{"c":"C"}, 3:{"d":"D"}}))
print (merge_dicts({1:{"a":"A"}, 2:{"b":"B"}}, {1:{"a":"A"}, 2:{"b":"C"}}))

输出:

{1: {'a': 'A'}, 2: {'c': 'C', 'b': 'B'}, 3: {'d': 'D'}}
{1: {'a': 'A'}, 2: {'b': 'C'}}

在不影响输入字典的情况下返回一个合并。

def _merge_dicts(dictA: Dict = {}, dictB: Dict = {}) -> Dict:
    # it suffices to pass as an argument a clone of `dictA`
    return _merge_dicts_aux(dictA, dictB, copy(dictA))


def _merge_dicts_aux(dictA: Dict = {}, dictB: Dict = {}, result: Dict = {}, path: List[str] = None) -> Dict:

    # conflict path, None if none
    if path is None:
        path = []

    for key in dictB:

        # if the key doesn't exist in A, add the B element to A
        if key not in dictA:
            result[key] = dictB[key]

        else:
            # if the key value is a dict, both in A and in B, merge the dicts
            if isinstance(dictA[key], dict) and isinstance(dictB[key], dict):
                _merge_dicts_aux(dictA[key], dictB[key], result[key], path + [str(key)])

            # if the key value is the same in A and in B, ignore
            elif dictA[key] == dictB[key]:
                pass

            # if the key value differs in A and in B, raise error
            else:
                err: str = f"Conflict at {'.'.join(path + [str(key)])}"
                raise Exception(err)

    return result

灵感来自@andrew cooke的解决方案