Change values in dict of nested dicts using items in a list?

Question

How would you modify/create keys/values in a dict of nested dicts based on the values of a list, in which the last item of the list is a value for the dict, and the rest of

Answer 1

Here's a recursive solution.

def unravel(d, keys):
    i = keys[0]
    keys = keys[1:]
    tmpDict = d[i]
    if type(tmpDict) != type({}):
        return tmpDict
    else:
        return unravel(tmpDict, keys)