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[Alan Kennedy]

Markus Joschko wrote:

> I have a List: Name - Number - Costs
> 
> lines = [['fred','333','0,10'],['sam','444','1'],['fred','333','0,50']]
> 
> Now I want to have it in a dictionary(name,costs)  Should look like
> {'fred':'0,60' , 'sam':'1'}
> 
> What's an elegant way to do it?

Must ..... resist ..... temptation ..... to ..... write .... oneliners

D'oh! I'm so weak willed....

Python 2.2.3 (#42, May 30 2003, 18:12:08) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on
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>>> lines = [['fred','333','0,10'],['sam','444','1'],['fred','333','0,50']]
>>> d = dict([(x[0], x[2]) for x in lines])
>>> d
{'sam': '1', 'fred': '0,50'}
>>>

OK, I'll write and maintain a 1000-line perl program as penance ...

sometimes-concise-is-elegant-too-ly yrs.

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