Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.032 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.94; '*S*': 0.00; 'suppose': 0.07; 'python': 0.09; 'subject:into': 0.09; 'dictionary,': 0.16; 'variable.': 0.16; 'received:mail-bk0-f46.google.com': 0.22; 'this:': 0.23; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'looks': 0.26; 'charset:iso-8859-15': 0.26; 'received:209.85.214.46': 0.27; 'represent': 0.28; 'dictionary': 0.29; 'points': 0.29; 'certain': 0.33; 'values.': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'from:addr:googlemail.com': 0.35; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'should': 0.36; 'received:209': 0.37; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:209.85.214': 0.39; 'where': 0.40; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'subject:....': 0.65; 'receive': 0.71 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=uxiebpMnRP/BfGCR02wodHgSvvTCN5JXjJ9fbTxgb2I=; b=0gcadVFjtNP6Hp27/8rXYohQHhubidOOgabSBAYFQFXSJIwjPMH278sjEVjaMNO0RA vrFcKhG9BrYgnk//jGuimSygcwqhhV8nFu+laDUkQUMp23T1MZsRgIGqrT8sGAzfNM1M Z5LP3iLzYnC5rVYOOpy42lA2rAnPY7XqZoJv8/TAKh2QhknATBTLyr/3DQ/soLZ3g3+u 86uGcZ5FmDIZ7kALRmM7McwM+IkI1WAH53KSe3nUMJh2LRhyier/ldOeDh9xCkufyX+u bwm+iYbRdH5tDNNDDGZAdaCIMwV1kWNmZoi/Dw0U4dbJfG4+ArUf0z4AacCkrB6mEUg7 /uBA== Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:02:31 +0200 From: Tamer Higazi User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:10.0.6esrpre) Gecko/20120730 Thunderbird/10.0.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: dictionary into desired variable.... Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 16 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1344607363 news.xs4all.nl 6928 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:59985 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:26871 Hi! suppose you have a dictionary that looks like this: x = [1,3,6,1,1] which should represent a certain other variable. in reality it would represent: y[1][3][6][1][1] Now, how do I write a python routine, that points in this dictionary, where I should receive or set other values. Tamer