"""
Since you are a beginner and since RCCILA (Runnable, Commented Code Is
Least Ambiguous) I'm proving this example code to help you get used to
manipulating data with python. This should give you an idea of how to
juggle a bit. After you learn how to do this you likely still will not
be juggling in the optimal way, but you will at least be able to manage
your data.
Not having an ordered dictionary causes beginners some grief because
they haven't yet wrapped their minds around the way the basic data types
work. (I don't recally understand why ordered dictionaries are not part
of the standard library. It seems that this would be a commonly used
feature.) However, UserDict is part of the standard library, and it can
be used to create an ordered dict. Due to Python's attempt to be
accessible to all people, I would think a little more support for an
ordered dictionary would be in Python already.
Nevertheless, beginners often stumble because they think they need an
ordered dict when they really just need to learn to use various data
types together. I think this covers the basics. If you can think of
something not covered, let me know so I can add it to my examples.
"""
## dictionary
d1 = {
'keyvalue2':[ 'value21', 'value22', 'value23'],
'keyvalue3':[ 'value31', 'value32', 'value33'],
'keyvalue1':['value11', 'value12', 'value13']
}
d2 = {
'keyvalue4':[ 'value41', 'value42', 'value43'],
'keyvalue6':[ 'value61', 'value62', 'value63'],
}
# merge the two dictionaries
d1.update(d2)
print d1.has_key('keyvalue3') # True
# get the values of a dictionary key
v1,v2,v3 = d1['keyvalue3']
print v1,v2,v3 # value31 value32 value33
# now they are combined
print d1 # {'keyvalue4': ['value41', 'value42', 'value43'],
'keyvalue6': ['value61', 'value62', 'value63'], 'keyvalue1': ['value11',
'value12', 'value13'], 'keyvalue3': ['value31', 'value32', 'value33'],
'keyvalue2': ['value21', 'value22', 'value23']}
# now they are a list of tuples
myList = list( d1.items() )
print myList # [('keyvalue4', ['value41', 'value42', 'value43']),
('keyvalue6', ['value61', 'value62', 'value63']), ('keyvalue1',
['value11', 'value12', 'value13']), ('keyvalue3', ['value31', 'value32',
'value33']), ('keyvalue2', ['value21', 'value22', 'value23'])]
myList.sort() # sorts on the first item in the tuple
print myList # [('keyvalue1', ['value11', 'value12', 'value13']),
('keyvalue2', ['value21', 'value22', 'value23']), ('keyvalue3',
['value31', 'value32', 'value33']), ('keyvalue4', ['value41','value42',
'value43']), ('keyvalue6', ['value61', 'value62', 'value63'])]
newDictionary = {}
# loop through all the items in the list and create a dictionary
for key, values in myList:
newDictionary[key] = values
print newDictionary # 'keyvalue4': ['value41', 'value42', 'value43'],
'keyvalue6': ['value61', 'value62', 'value63'], 'keyvalue1': ['value11',
'value12', 'value13'], 'keyvalue3': ['value31', 'value32', 'value33'],
'keyvalue2': ['value21', 'value22', 'value23']}
do something like this
{keyvalue1:[ value1, value2, value3],keyvalue2:[value1,value2,
value3],keyvalue3,:[value1,value2,value3]}
On 12 Apr 2007 00:58:54 -0700, *loial* < [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
I am new to python and am converting an awk script to python
I need to store some data in an array/table of some form
keyvalue1, value1, value2, value3
keyvalue2, value1,value2, value3
keyvalue3, value1,value2,value3
etc
I will later need to sort in keyvalue order and also need to be able
to check if a key already exists
It is not clear how to do this in python. All the examples I see have
just a key and a single value
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