On Jun 14, 12:16 pm, Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote: > Steve Crook wrote: > > I've always done key creation/incrementation using: > > > if key in dict: > > dict[key] += 1 > > else: > > dict[key] = 1 > > Your way is usually faster than > > > dict[key] = dict.get(key, 0) + 1 > > > Whilst certainly more compact, I'd be interested in views on how > > pythonesque this method is. > > You may also consider > > http://docs.python.org/library/collections.html#collections.defaultdicthttp://docs.python.org/library/collections.html#collections.Counter
How do those methods compare to the one I normally use; try: dict[key]+=1 except: dict[key]=1 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
