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Re: subscripting Python 3 dicts/getting the only value in a Python 3 dict

From Jussi Piitulainen <jussi.piitulainen@helsinki.fi>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: subscripting Python 3 dicts/getting the only value in a Python 3 dict
Date 2016-01-12 22:18 +0200
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Marko Rauhamaa writes:

> Jussi Piitulainen:
>
>> But the most readable thing might be to have a function that extracts
>> the sole value by whatever means:
>>
>>    >>> def sole(d): [o] = d.values() ; return o
>>    ... 
>>    >>> sole(shoe)
>>    3.141592653589793
>
> In the same vein:
>
>    >>> def sole(d):
>    ...   for o in d.values():
>    ...     return o
>    ... 
>    >>> sole(shoe)
>    3.141592653589793

Tuple assignment has a useful side effect that all other methods present
in this thread lack: it raises an exception if the number of dictionary
entries is not exactly one.

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subscripting Python 3 dicts/getting the only value in a Python 3 dict Nick Mellor <thebalancepro@gmail.com> - 2016-01-12 08:50 -0800
  RE: subscripting Python 3 dicts/getting the only value in a Python 3 dict Emanuel Barry <vgr255@live.ca> - 2016-01-12 12:00 -0500
  Re: subscripting Python 3 dicts/getting the only value in a Python 3 dict Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-01-13 04:06 +1100
  Re: subscripting Python 3 dicts/getting the only value in a Python 3 dict Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2016-01-12 12:12 -0500
  Re: subscripting Python 3 dicts/getting the only value in a Python 3 dict Bernardo Sulzbach <mafagafogigante@gmail.com> - 2016-01-12 15:18 -0200
  Re: subscripting Python 3 dicts/getting the only value in a Python 3 dict Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2016-01-12 18:32 +0100
  Re: subscripting Python 3 dicts/getting the only value in a Python 3 dict Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2016-01-12 10:39 -0700
  Re: subscripting Python 3 dicts/getting the only value in a Python 3 dict Jussi Piitulainen <jussi.piitulainen@helsinki.fi> - 2016-01-12 19:47 +0200
    Re: subscripting Python 3 dicts/getting the only value in a Python 3 dict Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-01-12 21:42 +0200
      Re: subscripting Python 3 dicts/getting the only value in a Python 3 dict Jussi Piitulainen <jussi.piitulainen@helsinki.fi> - 2016-01-12 22:18 +0200
  Re: subscripting Python 3 dicts/getting the only value in a Python 3 dict Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2016-01-12 19:09 +0100
  Re: subscripting Python 3 dicts/getting the only value in a Python 3 dict Bernardo Sulzbach <mafagafogigante@gmail.com> - 2016-01-12 16:48 -0200
  Re: subscripting Python 3 dicts/getting the only value in a Python 3 dict Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2016-01-12 19:59 +0100
  Re: subscripting Python 3 dicts/getting the only value in a Python 3 dict Bernardo Sulzbach <mafagafogigante@gmail.com> - 2016-01-12 17:12 -0200
    Re: subscripting Python 3 dicts/getting the only value in a Python 3 dict Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-01-13 12:29 +1100
      Re: subscripting Python 3 dicts/getting the only value in a Python 3 dict Bernardo Sulzbach <mafagafogigante@gmail.com> - 2016-01-13 13:53 -0200
  Re: subscripting Python 3 dicts/getting the only value in a Python 3 dict Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-01-13 12:23 +1100
    Re: subscripting Python 3 dicts/getting the only value in a Python 3 dict Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-01-13 15:58 +0000

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