def update_placeholder()

in Count/src/index.py [0:0]

• 11 lines of code
• 3 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

def update_placeholder(resource_structure, iteration):
    #Convert the json into a string
    resourceString = json.dumps(resource_structure)
    #Count the number of times the placeholder is found in the string
    placeHolderCount = resourceString.count('%d')

    #If the placeholder is found then replace it
    if placeHolderCount > 0:
        print("Found {} occurrences of decimal placeholder in JSON, replacing with iterator value {}".format(placeHolderCount, iteration))
        #Make a list of the values that we will use to replace the decimal placeholders - the values will all be the same
        placeHolderReplacementValues = [iteration] * placeHolderCount
        #Replace the decimal placeholders using the list - the syntax below expands the list
        resourceString = resourceString % (*placeHolderReplacementValues,)
        #Convert the string back to json and return it
        return json.loads(resourceString)
    else:
        print("No occurences of decimal placeholder found in JSON, therefore nothing will be replaced")
        return resource_structure