Python – Count number of items in a dictionary value that is a list



Python | Count number of items in a dictionary value that is a list

In Python, dictionary is a collection which is unordered, changeable and indexed. Dictionaries are written with curly brackets, and they have keys and values. It is used to hash a particular key.

A dictionary has multiple key:value pairs. There can be multiple pairs where value corresponding to a key is a list. To check that the value is a list or not we use the isinstance() method which is inbuilt in Python.

 

isinstance() method takes two parameters:

object - object to be checked
classinfo - class, type, or tuple of classes and types

It return a boolean whether the object is an instance of the given class or not.

Let’s discuss different methods to count number of items in a dictionary value that is a list.

Method #1 Using in operator

# Python program to count number of items
# in a dictionary value that is a list.
def main():
 
    # defining the dictionary
    d = {'A' : [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9],
        'B' : 34,
        'C' : 12,
        'D' : [7, 8, 9, 6, 4] }
 
    # using the in operator
    count = 0
    for x in d:
        if isinstance(d[x], list):
            count += len(d[x])
    print(count)
 
# Calling Main    
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Output:

14

Method #2: Using list comprehension

# Python program to count number of items
# in a dictionary value that is a list.
def main():
 
    # defining the dictionary
    d = {'A' : [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9],
        'B' : 34,
        'C' : 12,
        'D' : [7, 8, 9, 6, 4] }
 
    # using list comprehension
    print(sum([len(d[x]) for x in d if isinstance(d[x], list)]))
     
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Output:

14

Method #3: Using dict.items()

# Python program to count number of items
# in a dictionary value that is a list.
def main():
 
    # defining the dictionary
    d = { 'A' : [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9],
        'B' : 34,
        'C' : 12,
        'D' : [7, 8, 9, 6, 4] }
 
    # using dict.items()
    count = 0
    for key, value in d.items():
        if isinstance(value, list):
              count += len(value)
    print(count)
     
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Output:

14

Method #4: Using enumerate()

# Python program to count number of items
# in a dictionary value that is a list.
def main():
 
    # defining the dictionary
    d = {'A' : [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9],
        'B' : 34,
        'C' : 12,
        'D' : [7, 8, 9, 6, 4] }
 
    # using enumerate()
    count = 0
    for x in enumerate(d.items()):
 
        # enumerate function returns a tuple in the form
        # (index, (key, value)) it is a nested tuple
        # for accessing the value we do indexing x[1][1]
        if isinstance(x[1][1], list):
            count += len(x[1][1])
    print(count)
 
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Output:

14

Last Updated on November 8, 2021 by admin

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