Example 4

In this example we see what happens when we use different types of iterable.

things = [("animal", "bear"), ("animal", "duck"), ("plant", "cactus"), ("vehicle", "harley"), \
          ("vehicle", "speed boat"), ("vehicle", "school bus")]
dic = {}
f = lambda x: x[0]
for key, group in groupby(sorted(things, key=f), f):
    dic[key] = list(group)
dic

Results in

{'animal': [('animal', 'bear'), ('animal', 'duck')],
 'plant': [('plant', 'cactus')],
 'vehicle': [('vehicle', 'harley'),
  ('vehicle', 'speed boat'),
  ('vehicle', 'school bus')]}

This example below is essentially the same as the one above it. The only difference is that I have changed all the tuples to lists.

things = [["animal", "bear"], ["animal", "duck"], ["vehicle", "harley"], ["plant", "cactus"], \
          ["vehicle", "speed boat"], ["vehicle", "school bus"]]
dic = {}
f = lambda x: x[0]
for key, group in groupby(sorted(things, key=f), f):
    dic[key] = list(group)
dic

Results

{'animal': [['animal', 'bear'], ['animal', 'duck']],
 'plant': [['plant', 'cactus']],
 'vehicle': [['vehicle', 'harley'],
  ['vehicle', 'speed boat'],
  ['vehicle', 'school bus']]}

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