Nested dictionary value from key path

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This is an instance of a fold. You can either write it concisely like this:

from functools import reduce
import operator

def find(element, json):
    return reduce(operator.getitem, element.split('.'), json)

Or more Pythonically (because reduce() is frowned upon due to poor readability) like this:

def find(element, json):
    keys = element.split('.')
    rv = json
    for key in keys:
        rv = rv[key]
    return rv

j = {"app": {
    "Garden": {
        "Flowers": {
            "Red flower": "Rose",
            "White Flower": "Jasmine",
            "Yellow Flower": "Marigold"
        }
    },
    "Fruits": {
        "Yellow fruit": "Mango",
        "Green fruit": "Guava",
        "White Flower": "groovy"
    },
    "Trees": {
        "label": {
            "Yellow fruit": "Pumpkin",
            "White Flower": "Bogan"
        }
    }
}}
print find('app.Garden.Flowers.White Flower', j)

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