normalize_values_in_dict

Normalize the values in a dictionary using the given factor.

For each element in the dictionary, applies value/factor.

Parameters

• dictionary

  Dictionary to normalize.

• factor – defaults to None

  Normalization factor value. If not set, use the sum of values.

• inplace – defaults to True

  If True, perform operation in-place

• raise_error – defaults to False

  In case the normalization factor is either 0 or None:
  - True: raise an error. - False: return gracefully (if inplace=False, a copy of) dictionary.