Namedtuple problem #32.11.d

Deborah Swanson python at deborahswanson.net
Tue Jun 6 16:06:33 EDT 2017


Neil Cerutti wrote, on Tuesday, June 06, 2017 5:29 AM
> 
> On 2017-06-06, Deborah Swanson <python at deborahswanson.net> wrote:
> > I have a list of namedtuples:
> >
> > 	[{Record}(r0=v0, r1=v1,...,r10=v10,r11='',...r93='') 
> > 		. . .
> >  	{Record}(r0=v0, r1=v1,...,r10=v10,r11='',...r93='')]
> >
> > In the first section of code, I process some of the first 
> 10 columns 
> > (r0=v0, r1=v1,...,r10=v10), and place the results in blank columns, 
> > also in the first 10 columns.
> 
> I too have sometimes started with a namedtuple and then found 
> I needed to make changes to the records. I typically abandon 
> namedtuple at this point, after only one bad experience 
> trying to work around my choice of container.
> 
> -- 
> Neil Cerutti

I can appreciate that reaction.

Guess I'm a bit of a bulldog though (right ot wrong), and the concept of
namedtuples is so ideally suited for the Excel spreadsheet conversions
I'm working on, I'll keep on pushing the boundaries to see how they can
be made to work.  ;)

Deborah




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