Peter Otten wrote: uhhmm.. I think I misread the example
>>>> d = {} >>>> d.setdefault(1, 2) > 2 >>>> d > {1: 2} >>>> d.setdefault(1, 3) > 2 >>>> d > {1: 2} yeah, sure it can be useful for the OP... -- ZeD -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list