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Re: grab dict keys/values without iterating ?!

Date 2013-12-11 08:30 -0600
From Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com>
Subject Re: grab dict keys/values without iterating ?!
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On 2013-12-11 13:44, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> If necessary, I would consider having 26 dicts, one for each
> initial letter:
> 
> data = {}
> for c in "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ":
>     data[c] = {}
> 
> then store keys in the particular dict. That way, if I wanted keys 
> starting with Aa, I would only search the A dict, not the B dict, C
> dict, etc.

That's what the convoluted code does that I put at the end of my
previous post in this thread, only to the Nth degree (the outermost
dict has the first letter which links to a dictionary of the 2nd
level/letter, to the 3rd level/letter, etc).

-tkc

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Re: grab dict keys/values without iterating ?! Tamer Higazi <tameritoke2@arcor.de> - 2013-12-11 12:07 +0200
  Re: grab dict keys/values without iterating ?! rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-12-11 05:31 -0800
    Re: grab dict keys/values without iterating ?! Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-12-11 09:46 -0500
      Re: grab dict keys/values without iterating ?! rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-12-11 07:08 -0800
      Re: grab dict keys/values without iterating ?! Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-12-11 09:42 -0600
    Re: grab dict keys/values without iterating ?! Travis Griggs <travisgriggs@gmail.com> - 2013-12-11 09:19 -0800
    Re: grab dict keys/values without iterating ?! Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-12-11 18:09 +0000
  Re: grab dict keys/values without iterating ?! Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-12-11 13:44 +0000
    Re: grab dict keys/values without iterating ?! Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-12-11 08:30 -0600
    Re: grab dict keys/values without iterating ?! Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-12-11 18:02 -0700
    Re: grab dict keys/values without iterating ?! Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-12-11 18:05 -0700

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