set_defaults

despasito.utils.general_toolbox.set_defaults

set_defaults(dictionary, keys, values, lx=None)

This function checks a dictionary for the given keys, and if it’s not there, the appropriate value is added to the dictionary.

Parameters:

• dictionary (dict) – Dictionary of data

• keys (list) – Keys that should be present (of the same length as lx)

• values (list) – Default values for the keys that aren’t in dictionary

• lx (int, Optional, default=None) – If not None, and values[i] is a float, the key will be set to an array of length, lx, populated by values[i]

Returns:

new_dictionary – Dictionary of arrays of identical size.

Return type:

dict