Python: Check if one dictionary is a subset of another larger dictionary

Question

I\'m trying to write a custom filter method that takes an arbitrary number of kwargs and returns a list containing the elements of a database-like list that contain

Answer 1

This function works for non-hashable values. I also think that it is clear and easy to read.

def isSubDict(subDict,dictionary):
    for key in subDict.keys():
        if (not key in dictionary) or (not subDict[key] == dictionary[key]):
            return False
    return True

In [126]: isSubDict({1:2},{3:4})
Out[126]: False

In [127]: isSubDict({1:2},{1:2,3:4})
Out[127]: True

In [128]: isSubDict({1:{2:3}},{1:{2:3},3:4})
Out[128]: True

In [129]: isSubDict({1:{2:3}},{1:{2:4},3:4})
Out[129]: False