On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:16:32 +0100, TP wrote:
>
> Is the following code pythonic:
>
>>>> l=[{"title":"to", "value":2},{"title":"ti","value":"coucou"}]
>>>> dict = [ dict for dict in l if dict['title']=='ti']
>>>> l.remove(*dict)
>>>> l
> [{'title': 'to', 'value': 2}]
>
> Precision: I have stored data in the list of dictionaries l, because in my
> application I am sure that "title" is unique for each record. But perhaps
> it is better to imagine that someday it will not be anymore the case?
[snip]1. You probably don't want to use the name "dict". 2. I believe this code will fail if the number of dictionaries with title="ti" is not exactly 1. It that your intention? (You probably answered this question in the last paragraph quoted above, but I can't make it out.) -- To email me, substitute nowhere->spamcop, invalid->net. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
