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Re: Dictionaries with tuples or tuples of tuples

Date 2013-02-18 20:56 -0500
From Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net>
Subject Re: Dictionaries with tuples or tuples of tuples
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On 02/18/2013 08:38 PM, Jon Reyes wrote:
> Hi Mark. Well, doesn't  iteritems() work the same? or am I missing something? By the way I'm 
sure I read the dictionaries part of Python but I'm unsure if it would 
take int's as a key for dictionaries. I've been weaned on Java where the 
keys of hashmaps are always Strings.
 >
 > PS: Just checked, wow I could use ints as keys. Awesome!

In fact, any hashable object can be a key in a dict, so you can define
your own custom objects and use them as keys -- this can be
extremely useful sometimes!

  -m


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Dictionaries with tuples or tuples of tuples Jon Reyes <everystepsayes@gmail.com> - 2013-02-18 16:52 -0800
  Re: Dictionaries with tuples or tuples of tuples Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2013-02-18 20:11 -0500
    Re: Dictionaries with tuples or tuples of tuples Jon Reyes <everystepsayes@gmail.com> - 2013-02-18 17:19 -0800
    Re: Dictionaries with tuples or tuples of tuples Jon Reyes <everystepsayes@gmail.com> - 2013-02-18 17:19 -0800
  Re: Dictionaries with tuples or tuples of tuples Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-02-18 20:17 -0500
    Re: Dictionaries with tuples or tuples of tuples Jon Reyes <everystepsayes@gmail.com> - 2013-02-18 17:20 -0800
  Re: Dictionaries with tuples or tuples of tuples Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-02-19 01:37 +0000
    Re: Dictionaries with tuples or tuples of tuples Jon Reyes <everystepsayes@gmail.com> - 2013-02-18 17:38 -0800
      Re: Dictionaries with tuples or tuples of tuples Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-02-18 20:51 -0500
      Re: Dictionaries with tuples or tuples of tuples Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2013-02-18 20:56 -0500
      Re: Dictionaries with tuples or tuples of tuples Jon Reyes <everystepsayes@gmail.com> - 2013-02-18 18:17 -0800
        Re: Dictionaries with tuples or tuples of tuples Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2013-02-18 21:54 -0500
        Re: Dictionaries with tuples or tuples of tuples Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-02-18 22:14 -0500
        Re: Dictionaries with tuples or tuples of tuples Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2013-02-18 22:56 -0500
      Re: Dictionaries with tuples or tuples of tuples Jon Reyes <everystepsayes@gmail.com> - 2013-02-18 18:17 -0800
      Re: Dictionaries with tuples or tuples of tuples Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-02-19 02:34 +0000
        Re: Dictionaries with tuples or tuples of tuples Jon Reyes <everystepsayes@gmail.com> - 2013-02-18 18:39 -0800
        Re: Dictionaries with tuples or tuples of tuples Jon Reyes <everystepsayes@gmail.com> - 2013-02-18 18:39 -0800
    Re: Dictionaries with tuples or tuples of tuples Jon Reyes <everystepsayes@gmail.com> - 2013-02-18 17:38 -0800

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