Jim wrote:
> I have an application that will maintain an in-memory database in the
> form of a list of lists. Does anyone know of a way to search for and
> retreive "records" from such a structure?
The dictionary is the obvious way to index things:
# items consist of name and age
data = [
['fred', 42],
['jim', 16], ...
]
name_index = {}
for item in data:
name_index[item[0]] = item
>>> name_index['fred']
['fred', 42]
Dictionaries are one of the most useful things in Python. Make sure you know
how to take adavantage of them...
Jeremy
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