On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 18:56:47 -0800, techiepundit wrote: > Mike, > > I'm trying to figure out dictionaries using the documentation. Clicking > on "dictionary type" takes me to "2.3.8 Mapping Types -- classdict". Is > that the documentation for the dictionary type? If so, I do not see an > "append" or "add" or "insert" method defined in the list of methods on > that page.
No you don't. Why do you think dicts need one? > Here's what they list: > > Operation Result Notes > len(a) the number of items in a > a[k] the item of a with key k (1) > a[k] = v set a[k] to v x = a[k] # get the value in dict a with key k a[k] = x # set the value in dict a with key k What more do you need? -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list