Recursive depth of python dictionary

Question

G\'day,

I am trying to find the recursive depth of a function that trawls a dictionary and I\'m a bit lost... Currently I have something like:

myDict         


        

Answer 1

MyDict = {'a': {'a1': {'a11': 5, 'a12':[{2:'a22'}], 'a13':{'a14':'a11'}}, 'a2': 6}, 'b':{7:{8:{9:{10:{11:'11'}}}}}, 'c': {'c1': 18, 'c2': 1}}

def find_depth(dep,val):
    if isinstance(val,dict):
        dep=dep+1
        for j in val:
            find_depth(dep,val[j])
        temp_depth.append(dep)
        dep=0
        return max(temp_depth)
    elif isinstance(val,list):
        for k in val:
            find_depth(dep,k)


max_depth={}
for i in MyDict:
    dep=0
    temp_depth=[]
    max_depth.update({i:(find_depth(dep,MyDict[i]))})
    print max_depth

Here is code works fine if even list also included.