Re: Suggested datatype for getting latest information from log files

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On 02/11/2016 07:07 PM, ltomassmail@gmail.com wrote:
> I thought a dictionary would be a good idea because of the key restrictions ensuring no duplicates, so the data would always update - However because they are unordered and I need to do some more processing on the data afterwards I'm having trouble.

If it's your only concern about using dictionaries, then you may have a 
look  at 
https://docs.python.org/2/library/collections.html#collections.OrderedDict

JM

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Suggested datatype for getting latest information from log files ltomassmail@gmail.com - 2016-02-11 10:07 -0800
  Re: Suggested datatype for getting latest information from log files jmp <jeanmichel@sequans.com> - 2016-02-11 19:16 +0100
    Re: Suggested datatype for getting latest information from log files ltomassmail@gmail.com - 2016-02-11 10:25 -0800
    Re: Suggested datatype for getting latest information from log files ltomassmail@gmail.com - 2016-02-11 10:31 -0800
  Re: Suggested datatype for getting latest information from log files "Martin A. Brown" <martin@linux-ip.net> - 2016-02-11 10:58 -0800
  Re: Suggested datatype for getting latest information from log files Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-02-11 20:19 -0500

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