This is my given list with dictionaries:
soccer_match = [
{ "home_team": True,
"away_team": False,
"country": "France",
"num_passes": 484,
"passes_completed": 423,
"fouls_committed": 16,
"colors": ["blue", "white", "red"],
"players": [
{
"name": "Hugo LLORIS",
"captain": True,
"shirt_number": 1,
"position": "Goalie"
},
{
"name": "Benjamin PAVARD",
"captain": False,
"shirt_number": 2,
"position": "Defender"
},
{
"name": "Raphael VARANE",
"captain": False,
"shirt_number": 4,
"position": "Defender"
},
{
"name": "Samuel UMTITI",
"captain": False,
"shirt_number": 5,
"position": "Defender"
},
{
"name": "Paul POGBA",
"captain": False,
"shirt_number": 6,
"position": "Midfield"
},
{
"name": "Antoine GRIEZMANN",
"captain": False,
"shirt_number": 7,
"position": "Forward"
},
{
"name": "Kylian MBAPPE",
"captain": False,
"shirt_number": 10,
"position": "Forward"
},
{
"name": "Ousmane DEMBELE",
"captain": False,
"shirt_number": 11,
"position": "Forward"
},
{
"name": "Corentin TOLISSO",
"captain": False,
"shirt_number": 12,
"position": "Midfield"
},
{
"name": "Ngolo KANTE",
"captain": False,
"shirt_number": 13,
"position": "Midfield"
},
{
"name": "Lucas HERNANDEZ",
"captain": False,
"shirt_number": 21,
"position": "Defender"
}
],
},
{ "home_team": False,
"away_team": True,
"country": "Australia",
"num_passes": 390,
"passes_completed": 332,
"fouls_committed": 19,
"colors": ["green", "gold"],
"players": [
{
"name": "Mathew RYAN",
"captain": False,
"shirt_number": 1,
"position": "Goalie"
},
{
"name": "Mark MILLIGAN",
"captain": False,
"shirt_number": 5,
"position": "Defender"
},
{
"name": "Mathew LECKIE",
"captain": False,
"shirt_number": 7,
"position": "Forward"
},
{
"name": "Robbie KRUSE",
"captain": False,
"shirt_number": 10,
"position": "Forward"
},
{
"name": "Andrew NABBOUT",
"captain": False,
"shirt_number": 11,
"position": "Forward"
},
{
"name": "Aaron MOOY",
"captain": False,
"shirt_number": 13,
"position": "Midfield"
},
{
"name": "Mile JEDINAK",
"captain": True,
"shirt_number": 15,
"position": "Midfield"
},
{
"name": "Aziz BEHICH",
"captain": False,
"shirt_number": 16,
"position": "Defender"
},
{
"name": "Joshua RISDON",
"captain": False,
"shirt_number": 19,
"position": "Defender"
},
{
"name": "Trent SAINSBURY",
"captain": False,
"shirt_number": 20,
"position": "Defender"
},
{
"name": "Tom ROGIC",
"captain": False,
"shirt_number": 23,
"position": "Midfield"
}
]
}
]
Given instructions:
Iterate over the soccer_match list to create a new list with the information for each of the away team players whose position is "Forward"
What i've done:
away_team_forwards = []
away_team_players = []
# Your code here
for i in soccer_match:
if i["away_team"]== True:
away_team_players.extend(i["players"])
for player in away_team_players:
if player["position"] == "Forward":
away_team_forwards.extend(player)
away_team_forwards
Output:
['name',
'captain',
'shirt_number',
'position',
'name',
'captain',
'shirt_number',
'position',
'name',
'captain',
'shirt_number',
'position']
Desired Output:
[{'name': 'Mathew LECKIE',
'captain': False,
'shirt_number': 7,
'position': 'Forward'},
{'name': 'Robbie KRUSE',
'captain': False,
'shirt_number': 10,
'position': 'Forward'},
{'name': 'Andrew NABBOUT',
'captain': False,
'shirt_number': 11,
'position': 'Forward'}]
My question is: Should I have created a new list (away_team_players)?