code: def set_dict_item(dct, name_string, set_to):
      
      key_strings = str(name_string).split('-->')
      d = dct
      for ks in key_strings[:-1]:
          d = d[ks]
      item_type = type(d[key_strings[-1]])
      d[key_strings[-1]] = item_type(set_to)
docs: Sets dictionary item identified by name_string to set_to.
  
      name_string is the indentifier generated using flatten_dict.
  
      Maintains the type of the orginal object in dct and tries to convert set_to
      to that type.