Quick hit for self future reference as usual, so I don’t care what you think:
filter(lambda (key, value): key == "someValue", directories.iteritems())
BAM!
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Quick hit for self future reference as usual, so I don’t care what you think:
filter(lambda (key, value): key == "someValue", directories.iteritems())
BAM!