How to create json by nesting two dictionaries

Question

say I have two dictionaries; orig and inner how to create json object from them such that inner is embedded insider orig:

orig = {
   'A': 1,
   'B': 2,
   'C': 3
}

inner = {
   'D': 4,
   'E': 5
}

#embed inner insider orig
new = {
    'A': 1,
    'B': 2,
    'C': 3,
    'inner':{
              'D': 4,
              'E': 5
     }
}

Possible duplicate of [Append dictionary to a dictionary?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8930915/append-dictionary-to-a-dictionary) — mrhallak, Jun 13 '17 at 12:59
I just edited the question. Final object is supposed to be json — DougKruger, Jun 13 '17 at 13:00

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 13 '17 at 13:01

I don't think that's possible. There would be no value to access the inner dictionary from.

You could do:

new = {
    'A': 1,
    'B': 2,
    'C': 3,
    'inner': {
       'D': 4,
       'E': 5
    }
}

with: orig['inner'] = inner but with structure you posted there would be no way to access the inner dict.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 13 '17 at 13:02

1

new=dict(orig)
new.update({"inner":inner})

answered Jun 13 '17 at 13:02

Ishaan

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