What is the best way to implement nested dictionaries?

Question

I have a data structure which essentially amounts to a nested dictionary. Let\'s say it looks like this:

{\'new jersey\': {\'mercer county\': {\'plumbers\':          


        

Answer 1

defaultdict() is your friend!

For a two dimensional dictionary you can do:

d = defaultdict(defaultdict)
d[1][2] = 3

For more dimensions you can:

d = defaultdict(lambda :defaultdict(defaultdict))
d[1][2][3] = 4