CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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josealvarado111
josealvarado111

Reputation: 575

python list with true and false not True and False

----------------------- UPDATED ----------------------

Since there was so much confusion, I decided to give a more detailed explanation. Take a look at the code below, and focus on 

day = {"days": buildString2(day_array[i])}

Here is the code:

import csv, sys, requests, json, os, itertools, ast

def buildString(item):
    item_array = item.split(",")
    mod = []
    for i in range(len(item_array)):
        mod.append("%s" % item_array[i].strip())
    return mod

def buildString2(item):
    item_array = item.split(",")
    mod = "["
    for i in range(len(item_array)):
        if i == len(item_array) - 1:
            mod = mod + '%s' % item_array[i].strip()
        else:
            mod = mod + '%s, ' % item_array[i].strip()
    mod = mod + "]"
    return mod

if __name__ == '__main__':
    def main():
        filename = 'file.csv'
        dict = {"id":'c8d5185667f'}

        with open(filename, 'r', encoding='utf8') as f:
            reader = csv.reader(f)
            try:
                count = 0
                for row in reader:
                    count = count + 1
                    if count != 1:

                        dict["name"] = row[10]

                        dict["space_usages"] = buildString(row[19])

                        availablle_array = []
                        available_booking_hours = row[15]
                        days = row[18]
                        availability_array = available_booking_hours.split("*")
                        day_array = days.split("*")
                        for i in range(len(day_array)):
                            startEndTime = availability_array[i].split("-")
                            day = {"days": buildString2(day_array[i])}
                            times = {"start_time":startEndTime[0], "end_time":startEndTime[1]}
                            day["times"] = times
                            availablle_array.append(day)

                        dict["available_days"] = availablle_array

                        print(dict)
                        url = 'http://50.97.247.68:9000/api/v1/spaces'
                        response = requests.post(url, data=json.dumps(dict))

When I print dict, I get the following 

{'id': 'c8d5185667f', 'available_days': [{'days': '[true, true, true, true, true, true, true]', 'times': {'start_time': '12:00', 'end_time': '10:00'}}], 'space_usages': ['Fitness', 'Events', 'Classes', 'Performance']}

but my boss wants this 

{'id': 'c8d5185667f', 'available_days': [{'days': [true, true, true, true, true, true, true], 'times': {'start_time': '12:00', 'end_time': '10:00'}}], 'space_usages': ['Fitness', 'Events', 'Classes', 'Performance']}

this doesn't work either

{'id': 'c8d5185667f', 'available_days': [{'days': ['true', 'true', 'true', 'true', 'true', 'true', 'true'], 'times': {'start_time': '12:00', 'end_time': '10:00'}}], 'space_usages': ['Fitness', 'Events', 'Classes', 'Performance']}

Does this make more sense? Is it possible to get 

[true, true, true, true, true, true, true]

as a value? I tried doing this

day = {"days": ast.literal_eval(buildString2(day_array[i]))}

but it crashes. I'm out of ideas. I've tried googling a variety of things, and I can't seem to find anything. Your help is greatly appreciated. I honestly don't believe this is possible, but that's what I've been told to do.

NOTE: They have to be lowercase. This doesn't work

[True, True, True, True, True, True, True]

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4677

Answers (4)

Steve Jessop
Steve Jessop

Reputation: 279455

It's possible to get what your boss wants, just not using the built-in True and False:

class MyBool(object):
    def __init__(self, value):
        self.value = bool(value)
    def __repr__(self):
        return repr(self.value).lower()
    def __bool__(self):
        return self.value

print({'a' : [MyBool(True), MyBool(True), MyBool(False)]})

Result:

{'a': [true, true, false]}

You don't actually need __bool__, but (in Python 3) it allows the objects to be used in logical conditions.

So as requested, it's not a valid Python literal since it uses true instead of True, and it's not valid JSON since it uses single-quoted key strings instead of double-quoted. Presumably it's parsed by something that doesn't accept True and also doesn't accept double-quoted strings? I don't suppose there's any chance of just fixing the original API to accept JSON?

Upvotes: 0

Neel
Neel

Reputation: 21329

Your value is 

week = '[true, false, true, false, true, false, true]'

Which is JSON representation. Second value is 

week = ['true', 'false', 'true', 'false', 'true', 'false', 'true']

Which is List with "true" and "false" strings.

week = [True, False, True, False, True, False, True]

Which is pure python code.

You have to decide which value you have and which way you have to select to convert it in which form.

For first value you can use json.loads.

For second value you have to check manually string for "true" and "false"

Third is python only so no need to change it in python again :).

Upvotes: 0

Maxime Lorant
Maxime Lorant

Reputation: 36181

You can use the json module to convert your boolean list to a string and reciprocally:

>>> import json
>>> json.dumps([True, False, True, True, False])
'[true, false, true, true, false]'
>>> json.loads('[true, false, true, true, false]')
[True, False, True, True, False]

Upvotes: 2

Vestel
Vestel

Reputation: 1025

This is JSON, so you should just convert your week into JSON format

In [1]: import simplejson as json
In [2]: week = [True, False, True, True]
In [3]: json.dumps(week)
Out[3]: '[true, false, true, true]'

To convert back, just load and parse it:

In [8]: print json.loads('[true, false, false, true]')
[True, False, False, True]

Upvotes: 4

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