Whoa, this made my brain hurt. And I thought I was being clever using a set...
I can't say I really understand this yet, but I'm trying. If anyone's following along at home I found this link kind of helpful: http://python.net/crew/mwh/hacks/setdefault.html Thanks a lot for your help, Eric > Try this : > > nameFile = open(r'/path/to/file.txt', 'rU') > phonebook = {} > > for line in nameFile : > phonebook.setdefault(line[0].upper(), []).append(line.strip('\n')) > > for item, names in phonebook.iteritems() : > names.sort() > > print phonebook > > HTH > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
