dict duplicity

[Randy Bush]

> Firstly, to remove one possible source of confusion, change the name of 
> your dictionary ... "mydict" or "fred" ... anything but "dict"
> 
> Next, after you have created the dictionary and added items to it, do this:
> print len(fred)
> print len(fred.items())
> nitems = 0
> for k, v in fred.iteritems():
>      nitems += 1
> print nitems
> 
> If by this stage you haven't worked out what you are doing wrong, post 
> an exact copy/paste of the MINIMAL code that exhibits the "multiple 
> instances of same key in <dictionary>.iteritems()" problem

i did not work out what i was doing wrongly.  but now it works.  i
hate <bleep>ing magic!

but thanks for making me permute.

randy