parameters: ( self )
return_statement: return dict((k,toItem(v)) for k,v in item_fn())
docstring: Returns the named parse results as a nested dictionary.
  
          Example::
  
              integer = Word(nums)
              date_str = integer("year") + '/' + integer("month") + '/' + integer("day")
  
              result = date_str.parseString('12/31/1999')
              print(type(result), repr(result)) # -> <class 'pyparsing.ParseResults'> (['12', '/', '31', '/', '1999'], {'day': [('1999', 4)], 'year': [('12', 0)], 'month': [('31', 2)]})
  
              result_dict = result.asDict()
              print(type(result_dict), repr(result_dict)) # -> <class 'dict'> {'day': '1999', 'year': '12', 'month': '31'}
  
              # even though a ParseResults supports dict-like access, sometime you just need to have a dict
              import json
              print(json.dumps(result)) # -> Exception: TypeError: ... is not JSON serializable
              print(json.dumps(result.asDict())) # -> {"month": "31", "day": "1999", "year": "12"}
docstring_summary: Returns the named parse results as a nested dictionary.
docstring_tokens: Returns the named parse results as a nested dictionary .
function: def asDict( self ):
          """
          Returns the named parse results as a nested dictionary.
  
          Example::
  
              integer = Word(nums)
              date_str = integer("year") + '/' + integer("month") + '/' + integer("day")
  
              result = date_str.parseString('12/31/1999')
              print(type(result), repr(result)) # -> <class 'pyparsing.ParseResults'> (['12', '/', '31', '/', '1999'], {'day': [('1999', 4)], 'year': [('12', 0)], 'month': [('31', 2)]})
  
              result_dict = result.asDict()
              print(type(result_dict), repr(result_dict)) # -> <class 'dict'> {'day': '1999', 'year': '12', 'month': '31'}
  
              # even though a ParseResults supports dict-like access, sometime you just need to have a dict
              import json
              print(json.dumps(result)) # -> Exception: TypeError: ... is not JSON serializable
              print(json.dumps(result.asDict())) # -> {"month": "31", "day": "1999", "year": "12"}
          """
          if PY_3:
              item_fn = self.items
          else:
              item_fn = self.iteritems
  
          def toItem(obj):
              if isinstance(obj, ParseResults):
                  if obj.haskeys():
                      return obj.asDict()
                  else:
                      return [toItem(v) for v in obj]
              else:
                  return obj
  
          return dict((k,toItem(v)) for k,v in item_fn())
function_tokens: def asDict ( self ) : if PY_3 : item_fn = self . items else : item_fn = self . iteritems def toItem ( obj ) : if isinstance ( obj , ParseResults ) : if obj . haskeys ( ) : return obj . asDict ( ) else : return [ toItem ( v ) for v in obj ] else : return obj return dict ( ( k , toItem ( v ) ) for k , v in item_fn ( ) )