Converting elements in a single list to key/value pair using Unicode characters as key
Question:
I have a list (see below) that I want to take any element in the list containing a Unicode character (e.g.,’①’,’②’,’㉖’) as the key/value pair inside a ‘category’ JSON element and the following elements in the list between each Unicode element as the key/value pairs inside a ‘codes’ JSON nested grouping.
What list I have:
['①', 'Type of Care']
['SA', 'Substance use treatment']
['DT', 'Detoxification']
['HH', 'Transitional housing, halfway house, or sober home']
['SUMH', 'Treatment for co-occurring serious mental health illness/serious emotional disturbance and substance use disorders']
['②', 'Telemedicine']
['TELE', 'Telemedicine/telehealth']
['③', 'Service Settings (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)']
['HI', 'Hospital inpatient']
['OP', 'Outpatient']
['RES', 'Residential']
['HID', 'Hospital inpatient detoxification']
['HIT', 'Hospital inpatient treatment']
['OD', 'Outpatient detoxification']
['ODT', 'Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization']
['OIT', 'Intensive outpatient treatment']
['ORT', 'Regular outpatient treatment']
['RD', 'Residential detoxification']
['RL', 'Long-term residential']
['RS', 'Short-term residential']
['⑰', 'Assessment/Pre-treatment']
['CMHA', 'Comprehensive mental health assessment']
['CSAA', 'Comprehensive substance use assessment']
['ISC', 'Interim services for clients']
['OPC', 'Outreach to persons in the community']
['㉖', 'Facility Smoking Policy']
['SMON', 'Smoking not permitted']
['SMOP', 'Smoking permitted without restriction']
['SMPD', 'Smoking permitted in designated area']
The key/value pair JSON I want to create:
{
"codekey": [
{
"category": {
"key": "①",
"value": "Type of Care"
},
"codes": [
{
"key": "SA",
"value": "Substance use treatment"
},
{
"key": "SA",
"value": "Substance use treatment"
},
{
"key": "DT",
"value": "Detoxification"
},
{
"key": "HH",
"value": "Transitional housing, halfway house, or sober home"
},
{
"key": "SUMH",
"value": "Treatment for co-occurring serious mental health illness/serious emotional disturbance and substance use disorders"
}
]
},
{
"category": {
"key": "②",
"value": "Telemedicine"
},
"codes": [
{
"key": "TELE",
"value": "Telemedicine/telehealth"
}
]
},
{
"category": {
"key": "③",
"value": "Service Settings (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)"
},
"codes": [
{
"key": "HI",
"value": "Hospital inpatient"
},
{
"key": "OP",
"value": "Outpatient"
},
{
"key": "RES",
"value": "Residential"
},
{
"key": "HID",
"value": "Hospital inpatient detoxification"
},
{
"key": "HIT",
"value": "Hospital inpatient treatment"
},
{
"key": "OD",
"value": "Outpatient detoxification"
},
{
"key": "ODT",
"value": "Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization"
},
{
"key": "OIT",
"value": "Intensive outpatient treatment"
},
{
"key": "ORT",
"value": "Regular outpatient treatment"
},
{
"key": "RD",
"value": "Residential detoxification"
},
{
"key": "RL",
"value": "Long-term residential"
},
{
"key": "RS",
"value": "Short-term residential"
}
]
},
{
"category": {
"key": "⑰",
"value": "Assessment/Pre-treatment"
},
"codes": [
{
"key": "CMHA",
"value": "Comprehensive mental health assessment"
},
{
"key": "CSAA",
"value": "Comprehensive substance use assessment"
},
{
"key": "ISC",
"value": "Interim services for clients"
},
{
"key": "OPC",
"value": "Outreach to persons in the community"
}
]
},
{
"category": {
"key": "㉖",
"value": "Facility Smoking Policy"
},
"codes": [
{
"key": "SMON",
"value": "Smoking not permitted"
},
{
"key": "SMOP",
"value": "Smoking permitted without restriction"
},
{
"key": "SMPD",
"value": "Smoking permitted in designated area"
}
]
}
]
}
Answers:
Hope the following helps – this code iterates through the items in a variable named src_list, and uses a dictionary to create a JSON output like you describe.
import json
src_list = [['①', 'Type of Care'], ['SA', 'Substance use treatment'], ... ]
output_dicts = {"codekey": [] }
current_dict = None
for pair in src_list:
# Is unicode character outside ASCII range? If so, it's defining a category
if all(ord(c) > 128 for c in pair[0]):
# If the current_dict is not None, we're onto a new category, so should add the last category to the output
if (current_dict is not None):
output_dicts["codekey"].append(current_dict)
# Define new dict for this category
current_dict = {
"category": {
"key": pair[0],
"value": pair[1]
},
"codes": []
}
else:
if (current_dict is not None):
current_dict["codes"].append({
"key": pair[0],
"value": pair[1]
})
output_dicts["codekey"].append(current_dict)
output_json = json.dumps(output_dicts, indent = 4, ensure_ascii=False)
print(output_json)
This version allows only the circled number set as category keys (in a set for fast lookup). This also allows code keys and values to use other Unicode characters if desired.
codes is mutable, so once placed in a category codes can be directly appended to add more key/value dictionaries.
Output is to a JSON file.
import json
CIRCLED = set('⓪①②③④⑤⑥⑦⑧⑨⑩⑪⑫⑬⑭⑮⑯⑰⑱⑲⑳㉑㉒㉓㉔㉕㉖㉗㉘㉙㉚㉛㉜㉝㉞㉟㊱㊲㊳㊴㊵㊶㊷㊸㊹㊺㊻㊼㊽㊾㊿')
data = [['①', 'Type of Care'], ['SA', 'Substance use treatment'], ['DT', 'Detoxification'], ['HH', 'Transitional housing, halfway house, or sober home'], ['SUMH', 'Treatment for co-occurring serious mental health illness/serious emotional disturbance and substance use disorders'], ['②', 'Telemedicine'], ['TELE', 'Telemedicine/telehealth'], ['③', 'Service Settings (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)'], ['HI', 'Hospital inpatient'], ['OP', 'Outpatient'], ['RES', 'Residential'], ['HID', 'Hospital inpatient detoxification'], ['HIT', 'Hospital inpatient treatment'], ['OD', 'Outpatient detoxification'], ['ODT', 'Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization'], ['OIT', 'Intensive outpatient treatment'], ['ORT', 'Regular outpatient treatment'], ['RD', 'Residential detoxification'], ['RL', 'Long-term residential'], ['RS', 'Short-term residential'], ['⑰', 'Assessment/Pre-treatment'], ['CMHA', 'Comprehensive mental health assessment'], ['CSAA', 'Comprehensive substance use assessment'], ['ISC', 'Interim services for clients'], ['OPC', 'Outreach to persons in the community'], ['㉖', 'Facility Smoking Policy'], ['SMON', 'Smoking not permitted'], ['SMOP', 'Smoking permitted without restriction'], ['SMPD', 'Smoking permitted in designated area']]
result = []
for key, value in data:
if key in CIRCLED:
codes = []
result.append({'category': {'key': key, 'value': value}, 'codes': codes})
else:
codes.append({'key': key, 'value': value})
with open('output.json', 'w', encoding='utf8') as file:
json.dump({'codekey': result}, file, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
output.json
{
"codekey": [
{
"category": {
"key": "①",
"value": "Type of Care"
},
"codes": [
{
"key": "SA",
"value": "Substance use treatment"
},
{
"key": "DT",
"value": "Detoxification"
},
{
"key": "HH",
"value": "Transitional housing, halfway house, or sober home"
},
{
"key": "SUMH",
"value": "Treatment for co-occurring serious mental health illness/serious emotional disturbance and substance use disorders"
}
]
},
{
"category": {
"key": "②",
"value": "Telemedicine"
},
"codes": [
{
"key": "TELE",
"value": "Telemedicine/telehealth"
}
]
},
{
"category": {
"key": "③",
"value": "Service Settings (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)"
},
"codes": [
{
"key": "HI",
"value": "Hospital inpatient"
},
{
"key": "OP",
"value": "Outpatient"
},
{
"key": "RES",
"value": "Residential"
},
{
"key": "HID",
"value": "Hospital inpatient detoxification"
},
{
"key": "HIT",
"value": "Hospital inpatient treatment"
},
{
"key": "OD",
"value": "Outpatient detoxification"
},
{
"key": "ODT",
"value": "Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization"
},
{
"key": "OIT",
"value": "Intensive outpatient treatment"
},
{
"key": "ORT",
"value": "Regular outpatient treatment"
},
{
"key": "RD",
"value": "Residential detoxification"
},
{
"key": "RL",
"value": "Long-term residential"
},
{
"key": "RS",
"value": "Short-term residential"
}
]
},
{
"category": {
"key": "⑰",
"value": "Assessment/Pre-treatment"
},
"codes": [
{
"key": "CMHA",
"value": "Comprehensive mental health assessment"
},
{
"key": "CSAA",
"value": "Comprehensive substance use assessment"
},
{
"key": "ISC",
"value": "Interim services for clients"
},
{
"key": "OPC",
"value": "Outreach to persons in the community"
}
]
},
{
"category": {
"key": "㉖",
"value": "Facility Smoking Policy"
},
"codes": [
{
"key": "SMON",
"value": "Smoking not permitted"
},
{
"key": "SMOP",
"value": "Smoking permitted without restriction"
},
{
"key": "SMPD",
"value": "Smoking permitted in designated area"
}
]
}
]
}
I have a list (see below) that I want to take any element in the list containing a Unicode character (e.g.,’①’,’②’,’㉖’) as the key/value pair inside a ‘category’ JSON element and the following elements in the list between each Unicode element as the key/value pairs inside a ‘codes’ JSON nested grouping.
What list I have:
['①', 'Type of Care']
['SA', 'Substance use treatment']
['DT', 'Detoxification']
['HH', 'Transitional housing, halfway house, or sober home']
['SUMH', 'Treatment for co-occurring serious mental health illness/serious emotional disturbance and substance use disorders']
['②', 'Telemedicine']
['TELE', 'Telemedicine/telehealth']
['③', 'Service Settings (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)']
['HI', 'Hospital inpatient']
['OP', 'Outpatient']
['RES', 'Residential']
['HID', 'Hospital inpatient detoxification']
['HIT', 'Hospital inpatient treatment']
['OD', 'Outpatient detoxification']
['ODT', 'Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization']
['OIT', 'Intensive outpatient treatment']
['ORT', 'Regular outpatient treatment']
['RD', 'Residential detoxification']
['RL', 'Long-term residential']
['RS', 'Short-term residential']
['⑰', 'Assessment/Pre-treatment']
['CMHA', 'Comprehensive mental health assessment']
['CSAA', 'Comprehensive substance use assessment']
['ISC', 'Interim services for clients']
['OPC', 'Outreach to persons in the community']
['㉖', 'Facility Smoking Policy']
['SMON', 'Smoking not permitted']
['SMOP', 'Smoking permitted without restriction']
['SMPD', 'Smoking permitted in designated area']
The key/value pair JSON I want to create:
{
"codekey": [
{
"category": {
"key": "①",
"value": "Type of Care"
},
"codes": [
{
"key": "SA",
"value": "Substance use treatment"
},
{
"key": "SA",
"value": "Substance use treatment"
},
{
"key": "DT",
"value": "Detoxification"
},
{
"key": "HH",
"value": "Transitional housing, halfway house, or sober home"
},
{
"key": "SUMH",
"value": "Treatment for co-occurring serious mental health illness/serious emotional disturbance and substance use disorders"
}
]
},
{
"category": {
"key": "②",
"value": "Telemedicine"
},
"codes": [
{
"key": "TELE",
"value": "Telemedicine/telehealth"
}
]
},
{
"category": {
"key": "③",
"value": "Service Settings (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)"
},
"codes": [
{
"key": "HI",
"value": "Hospital inpatient"
},
{
"key": "OP",
"value": "Outpatient"
},
{
"key": "RES",
"value": "Residential"
},
{
"key": "HID",
"value": "Hospital inpatient detoxification"
},
{
"key": "HIT",
"value": "Hospital inpatient treatment"
},
{
"key": "OD",
"value": "Outpatient detoxification"
},
{
"key": "ODT",
"value": "Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization"
},
{
"key": "OIT",
"value": "Intensive outpatient treatment"
},
{
"key": "ORT",
"value": "Regular outpatient treatment"
},
{
"key": "RD",
"value": "Residential detoxification"
},
{
"key": "RL",
"value": "Long-term residential"
},
{
"key": "RS",
"value": "Short-term residential"
}
]
},
{
"category": {
"key": "⑰",
"value": "Assessment/Pre-treatment"
},
"codes": [
{
"key": "CMHA",
"value": "Comprehensive mental health assessment"
},
{
"key": "CSAA",
"value": "Comprehensive substance use assessment"
},
{
"key": "ISC",
"value": "Interim services for clients"
},
{
"key": "OPC",
"value": "Outreach to persons in the community"
}
]
},
{
"category": {
"key": "㉖",
"value": "Facility Smoking Policy"
},
"codes": [
{
"key": "SMON",
"value": "Smoking not permitted"
},
{
"key": "SMOP",
"value": "Smoking permitted without restriction"
},
{
"key": "SMPD",
"value": "Smoking permitted in designated area"
}
]
}
]
}
Hope the following helps – this code iterates through the items in a variable named src_list, and uses a dictionary to create a JSON output like you describe.
import json
src_list = [['①', 'Type of Care'], ['SA', 'Substance use treatment'], ... ]
output_dicts = {"codekey": [] }
current_dict = None
for pair in src_list:
# Is unicode character outside ASCII range? If so, it's defining a category
if all(ord(c) > 128 for c in pair[0]):
# If the current_dict is not None, we're onto a new category, so should add the last category to the output
if (current_dict is not None):
output_dicts["codekey"].append(current_dict)
# Define new dict for this category
current_dict = {
"category": {
"key": pair[0],
"value": pair[1]
},
"codes": []
}
else:
if (current_dict is not None):
current_dict["codes"].append({
"key": pair[0],
"value": pair[1]
})
output_dicts["codekey"].append(current_dict)
output_json = json.dumps(output_dicts, indent = 4, ensure_ascii=False)
print(output_json)
This version allows only the circled number set as category keys (in a set for fast lookup). This also allows code keys and values to use other Unicode characters if desired.
codes is mutable, so once placed in a category codes can be directly appended to add more key/value dictionaries.
Output is to a JSON file.
import json
CIRCLED = set('⓪①②③④⑤⑥⑦⑧⑨⑩⑪⑫⑬⑭⑮⑯⑰⑱⑲⑳㉑㉒㉓㉔㉕㉖㉗㉘㉙㉚㉛㉜㉝㉞㉟㊱㊲㊳㊴㊵㊶㊷㊸㊹㊺㊻㊼㊽㊾㊿')
data = [['①', 'Type of Care'], ['SA', 'Substance use treatment'], ['DT', 'Detoxification'], ['HH', 'Transitional housing, halfway house, or sober home'], ['SUMH', 'Treatment for co-occurring serious mental health illness/serious emotional disturbance and substance use disorders'], ['②', 'Telemedicine'], ['TELE', 'Telemedicine/telehealth'], ['③', 'Service Settings (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)'], ['HI', 'Hospital inpatient'], ['OP', 'Outpatient'], ['RES', 'Residential'], ['HID', 'Hospital inpatient detoxification'], ['HIT', 'Hospital inpatient treatment'], ['OD', 'Outpatient detoxification'], ['ODT', 'Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization'], ['OIT', 'Intensive outpatient treatment'], ['ORT', 'Regular outpatient treatment'], ['RD', 'Residential detoxification'], ['RL', 'Long-term residential'], ['RS', 'Short-term residential'], ['⑰', 'Assessment/Pre-treatment'], ['CMHA', 'Comprehensive mental health assessment'], ['CSAA', 'Comprehensive substance use assessment'], ['ISC', 'Interim services for clients'], ['OPC', 'Outreach to persons in the community'], ['㉖', 'Facility Smoking Policy'], ['SMON', 'Smoking not permitted'], ['SMOP', 'Smoking permitted without restriction'], ['SMPD', 'Smoking permitted in designated area']]
result = []
for key, value in data:
if key in CIRCLED:
codes = []
result.append({'category': {'key': key, 'value': value}, 'codes': codes})
else:
codes.append({'key': key, 'value': value})
with open('output.json', 'w', encoding='utf8') as file:
json.dump({'codekey': result}, file, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
output.json
{
"codekey": [
{
"category": {
"key": "①",
"value": "Type of Care"
},
"codes": [
{
"key": "SA",
"value": "Substance use treatment"
},
{
"key": "DT",
"value": "Detoxification"
},
{
"key": "HH",
"value": "Transitional housing, halfway house, or sober home"
},
{
"key": "SUMH",
"value": "Treatment for co-occurring serious mental health illness/serious emotional disturbance and substance use disorders"
}
]
},
{
"category": {
"key": "②",
"value": "Telemedicine"
},
"codes": [
{
"key": "TELE",
"value": "Telemedicine/telehealth"
}
]
},
{
"category": {
"key": "③",
"value": "Service Settings (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)"
},
"codes": [
{
"key": "HI",
"value": "Hospital inpatient"
},
{
"key": "OP",
"value": "Outpatient"
},
{
"key": "RES",
"value": "Residential"
},
{
"key": "HID",
"value": "Hospital inpatient detoxification"
},
{
"key": "HIT",
"value": "Hospital inpatient treatment"
},
{
"key": "OD",
"value": "Outpatient detoxification"
},
{
"key": "ODT",
"value": "Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization"
},
{
"key": "OIT",
"value": "Intensive outpatient treatment"
},
{
"key": "ORT",
"value": "Regular outpatient treatment"
},
{
"key": "RD",
"value": "Residential detoxification"
},
{
"key": "RL",
"value": "Long-term residential"
},
{
"key": "RS",
"value": "Short-term residential"
}
]
},
{
"category": {
"key": "⑰",
"value": "Assessment/Pre-treatment"
},
"codes": [
{
"key": "CMHA",
"value": "Comprehensive mental health assessment"
},
{
"key": "CSAA",
"value": "Comprehensive substance use assessment"
},
{
"key": "ISC",
"value": "Interim services for clients"
},
{
"key": "OPC",
"value": "Outreach to persons in the community"
}
]
},
{
"category": {
"key": "㉖",
"value": "Facility Smoking Policy"
},
"codes": [
{
"key": "SMON",
"value": "Smoking not permitted"
},
{
"key": "SMOP",
"value": "Smoking permitted without restriction"
},
{
"key": "SMPD",
"value": "Smoking permitted in designated area"
}
]
}
]
}