In article <mailman.3672.1386373120.18130.python-list at python.org>, Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick at gmail.com> wrote: > Python lets you iterate over a list directly, so : > > for d in originalData: > dateStr, freq, source = d > data[source] = freq I would make it even simpler: > for dateStr, freq, source in originalData: > data[source] = freq