Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>def algorith(d, s):
> if s in d:
> d[s] += 1
> else:
> d[s] = 1
def algorith(d, s):
d[s] = d.get(s, 0) + 1
And the OP should note that converting between dict d and list of
pairs L is simply a matter of L = d.items() and d = dict(L) (assuming
some other part of the program wants that list representation).
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