> On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 03:17:43AM -0800, Robert Voigtl�nder wrote: >
> > I have objects like this: > > > > > > class Node(object): > > > def __init__(self, pos, parent, g , h): > > > self.pos = pos > > > self.parent = parent > > > self.g = g > > > self.h = h > > > self.f = g+h > > > > > > > > > I need to build a "list" of these objects. The amount is unknown. > > > On this list I need to regularly > > > > > > 1. check if a specific item - identified by Node.pos - is in the list. > > > 2. find the object with the lowest Node.f attribute and update or remove it > First thanks to all who responded. Although I only partially understand your answers as I am a Python starter. What's clear to me is the difference between object and instance of an object. Just didn't explain it well. Maybe I give some more info on what I need / want to do. I will also provide a working code example. Should have done this before. I would very much appreciate a working example of what you mean. Then I have a chance to understand it. :-) I would like to implement a class for a A* pathfinding algorithm. (there are ready libraries out there but I would like to learn it myself) This requires to maintain a list of nodes to be processed and nodes already processed. For new nodes I need to check if they are on one of the lists. I also need to regularly pick the node with the lowest value f from the list. Here some working code. For one function I sill need a solution. Any better solution is welcome. Thanks Robert --------------- class Node: def __init__(self, pos, parent, g , h): self.pos = pos self.parent = parent self.g = g self.h = h self.f = g+h def isinlist(nodeToSeatch): for item in openlist: if item.pos == nodeToSeatch: return True return False def lowestF(): lowestF = '' for item in openlist: if item.f < lowestF: lowestF = item return lowestF def deleteItemWithPos(pos): ## need this function or different approach pass openlist=[] openlist.append(Node((1,1),None,1,5)) openlist.append(Node((1,2),(1,1),4,6)) openlist.append(Node((1,3),(1,2),9,10)) for item in openlist: print item.pos, item.f print isinlist((1,1)) print isinlist((1,5)) nextNode = lowestF() print nextNode.pos, nextNode.f -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list