From fe69530b38184aad7204c1a12550ff60a6d5cb5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Clemens Schwaighofer <clemens.schwaighofer@egplusww.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 15:31:52 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Add a simple add key entry to dictionary

---
 src/corelibs/iterator_handling/dict_helpers.py | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 test-run/iterator_handling/dict_helpers.py     | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/corelibs/iterator_handling/dict_helpers.py b/src/corelibs/iterator_handling/dict_helpers.py
index 4740be7..daefc5e 100644
--- a/src/corelibs/iterator_handling/dict_helpers.py
+++ b/src/corelibs/iterator_handling/dict_helpers.py
@@ -82,4 +82,22 @@ def mask(
         for key, value in data_set.items()
     }
 
+
+def set_entry(dict_set: dict[str, Any], key: str, value_set: Any) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """
+    set a new entry in the dict set
+
+    Arguments:
+        key {str} -- _description_
+        dict_set {dict[str, Any]} -- _description_
+        value_set {Any} -- _description_
+
+    Returns:
+        dict[str, Any] -- _description_
+    """
+    if not dict_set.get(key):
+        dict_set[key] = {}
+    dict_set[key] = value_set
+    return dict_set
+
 # __END__
diff --git a/test-run/iterator_handling/dict_helpers.py b/test-run/iterator_handling/dict_helpers.py
index ce65ac2..f56c169 100644
--- a/test-run/iterator_handling/dict_helpers.py
+++ b/test-run/iterator_handling/dict_helpers.py
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 Iterator helper testing
 """
 
+from typing import Any
 from corelibs.debug_handling.dump_data import dump_data
-from corelibs.iterator_handling.dict_helpers import mask
+from corelibs.iterator_handling.dict_helpers import mask, set_entry
 
 
 def __mask():
@@ -95,11 +96,23 @@ def __mask():
     print(f"===> Masked: {dump_data(result)}")
 
 
+def __set_dict_value_entry():
+
+    dict_empty: dict[str, Any] = {}
+    new = set_entry(dict_empty, 'a.b.c', 1)
+    print(f"[1] Set dict entry: {dump_data(new)}")
+    new = set_entry(new, 'dict', {'key': 'value'})
+    print(f"[2] Set dict entry: {dump_data(new)}")
+    new = set_entry(new, 'list', [1, 2, 3])
+    print(f"[3] Set dict entry: {dump_data(new)}")
+
+
 def main():
     """
     Test: corelibs.string_handling.string_helpers
     """
     __mask()
+    __set_dict_value_entry()
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":