text: #!/usr/bin/python3
  
  # The MIT License (MIT)
  # 
  # Copyright (c) 2015 Richard B. Wagner
  #
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  def _iterate(collection, key):
  	for item in collection:
  		result = search(item, key)
  		if result != None:
  			return result
  	
  def _find(collection, key):
  	if key in collection: 
  		return collection[key]
  	else: 
  		for item in collection:
  			result = search(collection[item], key)
  			if result != None:
  				return result
  
  def search(obj, key):
  	"""Search for key in JSON-like datastructure (nested tuple/dict/list)
  
  	Args:
  		obj (collection): The first parameter.
  		key (object): The second parameter. Defaults to None.
  
  	Returns:
  		object: The first occurance of an object with a key matching the key param. 
  			NOTE: dictionaries do not nessisarely have an order.
  	"""
  	types_of_collections = {
  		dict: lambda obj, key: _find (obj, key),
  		tuple: lambda obj, key: _iterate(obj, key),
  		list: lambda obj, key: _iterate(obj, key)
  	}
  	for type_of_collection in types_of_collections.keys():
  		if isinstance(obj, type_of_collection):
  			return types_of_collections[type_of_collection](obj, key)