On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:40:30 -0700, Javier Montoya wrote: > Dear all, > > I'm a newbie in python and would be acknowledge if somebody could shed > some light on associative arrays. > More precisely, I would like to create a multi-dimensional associative > array. I have for example a list of students which are identified > uniquely by their student IDs. Additionally, for each student I have > some information: FirstName, LastName, etc. > > The array would have then the following form: [StudentID] => > [FirstName][LastName][Telephone]...[ ... ] > > I would like to be able to access a field directly by using a StudentID > [StudentID][FirstName] > [StudentID][LastName] > > How could I manipulate such an array (create the array, add elements, > access data)? > > Best wishes
I know this is not a direct answer, but in your case I would probably use a database, because it is the easiest and most standardized way to access such types of data. If you don't want something heavyweight, use sqlite with in-memory databases/persistent file. Look at sqlite3 module in python. -- Harishankar (http://harishankar.org http://literaryforums.org) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
