newbie question - python lists

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Fri, 6 Nov 2009, lee wrote:

> brains = ['1','2']
> for brain in brains:
>     row['item'] = brain
>     items.append(row)
>     print items
>
> This produces
> [{'item': '1'}]
> [{'item': '2'}, {'item': '2'}]
> but i want
> [{'item': '1'}]
> [{'item': '1'}, {'item': '2'}]
>
> if i do items.append(brain), it gives,
> ['1', '2']
> but i want dictionary inside list.
> @Jon - Yes i want single item dict's
> @Robert - i use python 2.4 .

  this seems to work:

items = []
brains = ['1','2','3','4']
for brain in brains:
    items.append({'item':brain})
    print(items)

>>> import t1
[{'item': '1'}]
[{'item': '1'}, {'item': '2'}]
[{'item': '1'}, {'item': '2'}, {'item': '3'}]
[{'item': '1'}, {'item': '2'}, {'item': '3'}, {'item': '4'}]


rday
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