How do I use itertools.groupby()?

Question

I haven\'t been able to find an understandable explanation of how to actually use Python\'s itertools.groupby() function. What I\'m trying to do is this:

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Answer 1

Sorting and groupby

from itertools import groupby

val = [{'name': 'satyajit', 'address': 'btm', 'pin': 560076}, 
       {'name': 'Mukul', 'address': 'Silk board', 'pin': 560078},
       {'name': 'Preetam', 'address': 'btm', 'pin': 560076}]


for pin, list_data in groupby(sorted(val, key=lambda k: k['pin']),lambda x: x['pin']):
...     print pin
...     for rec in list_data:
...             print rec
... 
o/p:

560076
{'name': 'satyajit', 'pin': 560076, 'address': 'btm'}
{'name': 'Preetam', 'pin': 560076, 'address': 'btm'}
560078
{'name': 'Mukul', 'pin': 560078, 'address': 'Silk board'}