reference data in a dictionary

[Wensui Liu]

I know dict['row1'] will always work. but it will only get 1 row out
of the dict. is there anyway i can get multiple (>1) rows out of dict
by directly refeencing them, something like dict[['row1', 'row2']].

thank you for reply, Ben.

wensui

On 2/14/07, Ben Finney <bignose+hates-spam at benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> "Wensui Liu" <liuwensui at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > i am new to python and have a question about referencing data in a
> > dict.  is there anyway that allows me to do something like:
>
> > dict[['row1', 'row2', .....'row100']]
>
> What behaviour would you expect from that statement? If we know what
> you're trying to do, perhaps we can suggest a solution.
>
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