On 2023-12-11, Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote:
> Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote:
>> Is there a way to abbreviate the following code somehow?
>>
>> lv = {'dev':'bbb', 'input':'1', 'name':'Leisure volts'}
>> sv = {'dev':'bbb', 'input':'0', 'name':'Starter volts'}
>> la = {'dev':'bbb', 'input':'2', 'name':'Leisure Amps'}
>> sa = {'dev':'bbb', 'input':'3', 'name':'Starter Amps'}
>> bv = {'dev':'adc2', 'input':0, 'name':'BowProp Volts'}
>>
>> It's effectively a 'table' with columns named 'dev', 'input' and
>> 'name' and I want to access the values of the table using the variable
>> name.
>>
> Or, more sensibly, make the above into a list (or maybe dictionary)
> of dictionaries:-
>
> adccfg = [
> {'abbr':'lv', 'dev':'bbb', 'input':'1', 'name':'Leisure volts'},
> {'abbr':'sv', 'dev':'bbb', 'input':'0', 'name':'Starter volts'},
> {'abbr':'la', 'dev':'bbb', 'input':'2', 'name':'Leisure Amps'},
> {'abbr':'sa', 'dev':'bbb', 'input':'3', 'name':'Starter Amps'},
> {'abbr':'bv', 'dev':'adc2', 'input':0, 'name':'BowProp Volts'}
> ]
>
> This pickles nicely, I just want an easy way to enter the data!
adccfg = [
dict(zip(('abbr', 'dev', 'input', 'name'), row))
for row in (
('lv', 'bbb', '1', 'Leisure volts'),
('sv', 'bbb', '0', 'Starter volts'),
('la', 'bbb', '2', 'Leisure Amps'),
('sa', 'bbb', '3', 'Starter Amps'),
('bv', 'adc2', 0, 'BowProp Volts'),
)
]
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