code: def runQuery(statDict, query):
    
    parts = [x.strip() for x in OPERATOR.split(query)]
    assert len(parts) in (1, 3)
    queryKey = parts[0]
  
    result = {}
    for key, value in six.iteritems(statDict):
      if key == queryKey:
        if len(parts) == 3:
          op = OPERATORS[parts[1]]
          try:
            queryValue = type(value)(parts[2]) if value else parts[2]
          except (TypeError, ValueError):
            continue
          if not op(value, queryValue):
            continue
        result[key] = value
      elif isinstance(value, scales.StatContainer) or isinstance(value, dict):
        child = runQuery(value, query)
        if child:
          result[key] = child
    return result
docs: Filters for the given query.