On Sep 20, 10:34 am, Bruno Desthuilliers <bruno. [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > > > > > > > If I wanted to accomplish looking up values from one table based on a > > value from another table or file, how would I go about doing this in > > Python? Would I build a dictionary or an array? > > > exp: > > > Table1: > > > Site = 103 > > Lane = 2 > > Dir = ? # Get this from Table2 > > > Table2: > > > Site, Lane, Direction, > > 103, 1, 1 > > 103, 2, 1 > > 103, 3, 5 > > 103, 4, 5 > > > Normally in Access I would just use a Dlookup and be done with it, or > > use a Recordset in VB. Thanks guys. > > What about using a database ? Like SQLite ? > > Else, the canonical data structure for quick lookups is of course the dict.- > Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
Ah, yes, that would appear to be a better means to retrieve data. I visited the site, which version should I download? Thanks. Kou
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