On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 03:27:46PM -0700, Roger Lea Scherer wrote: > I want to put the 0.5 as the key in a > dictionary and the 1 and the 2 as the values of the key in a list {0.5: [1, > 2]}, hoping to access the 1 and 2 later, but not together.
Let's do some experimentation. Here's a list: py> L = [11, 23] py> print(L[0]) # get the first item 11 py> print(L[1]) # get the second item 23 (Yes, I know that its funny that Python counts from 0, so the second item is at index 1...) That syntax works no matter where the list L comes from. Let's put it in a dict: py> D = {11/23: [11, 23]} py> print(D) {0.4782608695652174: [11, 23]} Now let's try retrieving it: py> print(D[11/23]) [11, 23] So where we said "L" before, we can say "D[11/23]" now: py> print(L[1]) 23 py> print(D[11/23][1]) 23 But if you're going to do this, I think fractions are nicer. py> from fractions import Fraction py> x = Fraction(11, 23) py> x.numerator 11 py> x.denominator 23 py> float(x) 0.4782608695652174 -- Steve _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor