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How to Group Data by Key in Python with Type Hints

Group a list of dictionaries by a specified key using a typed helper function and print a summary of each group.

grouping type-hints dictionaries
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from typing import Any, Dict, List, TypeVar, Union

T = TypeVar("T")

def group_by(data: List[Dict[str, Any]], key: str) -> Dict[Any, List[Dict[str, Any]]]:
    """Group a list of dictionaries by a given key."""
    grouped: Dict[Any, List[Dict[str, Any]]] = {}
    for item in data:
        value = item.get(key)
     …
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