Code optimization python loops [closed]

Question

My code looks like this:

if query.orderby:
    for q in query.orderby:
        if 'severity' in q:

Note: query.orderby is a list of dict. Looks something like [{"severity": "asc"},{"name": "desc"}] How can i optimize these lines? Is there any way to replace the for loop and still get same functionality as the code above?

Answer 1

Something like this:

filtered = [q for q in query.orderby if 'severity' in q]

would filter into a new list

Answer 2

If query.orderby is a list of dict than you should go like that:

x = [{"severity": "asc"}, {"name": "desc"}]

for e in x:
    for key, value in e.iteritems():
        if 'severity' in key:
            print 'yes'