hawkesed wrote: > Actually, > I think I got it now. Here is what I did: > >>>>for num in alist: > > ... if adict.has_key(num): > ... x = adict.get(num) > ... x = x + 1 > ... adict.update({num:x}) A simpler way to do this last line is adict[num] = x > ... else: > ... adict.update({num:1}) and adict[num] = 1 Kent