On 6/01/13 20:44:08, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > I have a dataset that consists of a dict with text descriptions and values > that are integers. If > required, I collect the values into a list and create a numpy array running > it through a simple > routine: data[abs(data - mean(data)) < m * std(data)] where m is the number > of std deviations > to include. > > > The problem is I loos track of which were removed so the original display of > the dataset is > misleading when the processed average is returned as it includes the removed > key/values. > > > Ayone know how I can maintain the relationship and when I exclude a value, > remove it from > the dict?
Assuming your data and the dictionary are keyed by a common set of keys: for key in descriptions: if abs(data[key] - mean(data)) >= m * std(data): del data[key] del descriptions[key] Hope this helps, -- HansM -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list