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| From | Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: Looking up a dictionary _key_ by key? |
| Date | 2015-06-24 09:55 +0300 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <87a8vpmw7c.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> (permalink) |
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Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>:
> I don't think that it's fundamentally broken. A simple example would
> be the int 3, vs. the float 3, vs. the Decimal 3. All of them compare
> equal to one another, but they are distinct values, and sometimes it
> might be useful to be able to determine which one is actually a key in
> the dict.
One possibility is to enter the key on the value side as well:
d[key] = (key, value)
...
canonical_key, value = d[key]
Marko
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Re: Looking up a dictionary _key_ by key? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-06-24 11:02 +1000
Re: Looking up a dictionary _key_ by key? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-06-23 18:06 -0700
Re: Looking up a dictionary _key_ by key? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-06-24 00:50 -0600
Re: Looking up a dictionary _key_ by key? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-24 09:55 +0300
Re: Looking up a dictionary _key_ by key? Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-07-05 08:25 +0200
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