Python sum on keys for List of Dictionaries [duplicate]

Answer 1

You can do it like this:

def sum(dict_list):
    result_list = []
    name_dict = {}
    for dict_item in dict_list:
        name = dict_item['Name']
        amt = dict_item['amt']
        if name_dict.has_key(name):
            pos = name_dict[name]
            result_list[pos] = {'Name':name, 'amt': (result_list[pos]['amt']+amt)}
        else:
            result_list.append(dict_item)
            name_dict[name] = len(result_list) - 1
    return result_list