Compare dictionaries ignoring specific keys

Question

How can I test if two dictionaries are equal while taking some keys out of consideration. For example,

equal_dicts(
    {\'foo\':1, \'bar\':2, \'x\':55, \'y\         


        

Answer 1

Using dict comprehensions:

>>> {k: v for k,v in d1.items() if k not in ignore_keys} == \
... {k: v for k,v in d2.items() if k not in ignore_keys}

Use .viewitems() instead on Python 2.