Setting a value in a nested python dictionary given a list of indices and value

Question

I\'m trying to programmatically set a value in a dictionary, potentially nested, given a list of indices and a value.

So for example, let\'s say my list of indices i

Answer 1

Pyhton3 provide dotty_dict lib. see documentation https://dotty-dict.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ for more clarity

from dotty_dict import dotty

dot = dotty()
string = '.'.join(['person', 'address', 'city']) 
dot[string] = 'New York'

print(dot)

output:

{'person': {'address': {'city': 'New York'}}}