On 21 Apr 2005 02:47:42 -0700, hawkesed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am semi new to Python. Here is my problem : I have a list of 100 > random integers. I want to be able to construct a histogram out of the > data. So I want to know how many 70's, 71's, etc. I can't figure out > how to do this. A dictionary is supposedly can do key value pairs > right? I want to be able to see if say 75 is in the data structure, and > what its value is, then increment its value as I go through the list > finding items. > I am sure there is a way to do this. Is a dictionary what I should be > using? Thanks for any help. Hope this makes sense, its getting very > late here.
Sounds like homework, so I'll just say that yes, a dictionary would be ideal for what you are trying to do. -- Cheers, Simon B, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
