carlsmith

import re

def replace(string, substitutions):

    substrings = sorted(substitutions, key=len, reverse=True)
    regex = re.compile('|'.join(map(re.escape, substrings)))
    return regex.sub(lambda match: substitutions[match.group(0)], string)

justinmc

var gulp = require('gulp');

var clean = require('gulp-clean');
var jshint = require('gulp-jshint');
var concat = require('gulp-concat');
var uglify = require('gulp-uglify');
var imagemin = require('gulp-imagemin');

var bases = {
 app: 'app/',

douglasmiranda

# This is a really old post, in the comments (and stackoverflow too) you'll find better solutions.

def find(key, dictionary):
    for k, v in dictionary.iteritems():
        if k == key:
            yield v
        elif isinstance(v, dict):
            for result in find(key, v):
                yield result
        elif isinstance(v, list):