dictionary sub-value lookup

[Ruediger Maehl]

Richard schrieb in Nachricht <3A80F9B4.E072037D at millinfo.co.za>...
>I have an object M which contains N dictionaries. Inside
>dictionary N, is an identifier, Y, plus various other
>values, eg: Z.... is it possible to find M.Y.Z without
>looping through the whole of M, checking Y each time ?


Hi Richard,

do you mean something similar to the path of a file,
but only for internal objects?

If so, you should perhaps consider using XML for the representation
of your objects/data.
Have a look at: http://www.python.org/sigs/xml-sig/

Rüdiger