On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:21:09 -0700, Paul McGuire wrote: > On Aug 25, 7:52 am, "Simon Mullis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Consider the following hash: >> >> h = { "1" : "a\r", "2" : "b\n" } > > In Python, this called a "dict". "hash" sounds so... perlish.
A hash is also a mixture, a jumble or mess, as in hash browns, or as in "to make a hash of something". Also, a hash table is the conventional Computer Science term for what Python calls dicts and Perl calls associative arrays. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list