hello, Still one question. Every game is a dictonary/tuple ? Regards, Roelof
---------------------------------------- > Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 06:24:16 -0700 > From: alan.ga...@btinternet.com > Subject: Re: [Tutor] data question > To: rwob...@hotmail.com > > OK, So you want a list of games (possibly one per tournament > if you need to compare across tournies) where for each game > you store: homeTeam, awayTeam and scores. > > Each game could be represented as either a tuple or a dictionary > depending on how you want to extract the data: > > game['home'] or game[0] > > The list should probably be a list... :-) > > Try defining a short sample database in Python then try > extracting some values to get a feel for what suits you > best. Create the data in a module(easier to edit mistakes/changes) > Then use the>>> prompt to import the data module and play > around with it. > > That way it's easy to change from lists to tuples to dictionaries > and see what works. > > Ultimately this may even be best done using a database but > that's probably a step too far for you just now. > > Alan Gauld > Author of the Learn To Program website > http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Roelof Wobben >> To: alan.ga...@btinternet.com; tutor@python.org >> Sent: Saturday, 2 October, 2010 14:15:33 >> Subject: RE: [Tutor] data question >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------- >>> To: tutor@python.org >>> From: alan.ga...@btinternet.com >>> Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 14:10:25 +0100 >>> Subject: Re: [Tutor] data question >>> >>> >>> "Roelof Wobben" wrote >>> >>>> As a test I would write a programm where a user can input game-data >>>> like home-team, away-team, home-score, away-score) and makes a >>>> ranking of it. >>> >>>> In which datatype can I put this data in. >>>> >>>> I thought myself of a dictonary of tuples. >>> >>> A dictionary would be good for the basic data but I assume there >>> are more than one of these data items? If so what do they represent? >>> How would they be used? >>> >>> We need a bit more information, even some sample datya might help. >>> >>> It could be a list of dictionaries or even a dictionary of >>> dictionaries. >>> >>> Alan G. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org >>> To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >> >> Hello Alan, >> >> What I meant was this: >> >> Let's say we have a tournament of 4 teams A,B,C,D >> >> They played this games. >> >> A - B 20 - 30 >> C - D 23 - 67 >> >> These data must be stored so I can make a module which make a ranking like >>this : >> >> 1) C 1 - 2 76 - 23 >> 2) B 1 - 2 30 - 20 >> >> I hope you know what I wan >> >> >> Roelof >> _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
