How to enter multiple, similar, dictionaries?

[Jon Ribbens]

On 2023-12-11, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
>> Is there a way to abbreviate the following code somehow?
>> 
>>     lv = {'dev':'bbb', 'input':'1', 'name':'Leisure volts'}
>>     sv = {'dev':'bbb', 'input':'0', 'name':'Starter volts'}
>>     la = {'dev':'bbb', 'input':'2', 'name':'Leisure Amps'}
>>     sa = {'dev':'bbb', 'input':'3', 'name':'Starter Amps'}
>>     bv = {'dev':'adc2', 'input':0, 'name':'BowProp Volts'}
>> 
>> It's effectively a 'table' with columns named 'dev', 'input' and
>> 'name' and I want to access the values of the table using the variable
>> name.
>> 
> Or, more sensibly, make the above into a list (or maybe dictionary)
> of dictionaries:-
>
> adccfg = [
>     {'abbr':'lv', 'dev':'bbb', 'input':'1', 'name':'Leisure volts'},
>     {'abbr':'sv', 'dev':'bbb', 'input':'0', 'name':'Starter volts'},
>     {'abbr':'la', 'dev':'bbb', 'input':'2', 'name':'Leisure Amps'},
>     {'abbr':'sa', 'dev':'bbb', 'input':'3', 'name':'Starter Amps'},
>     {'abbr':'bv', 'dev':'adc2', 'input':0, 'name':'BowProp Volts'}
> ]
>
> This pickles nicely, I just want an easy way to enter the data!

adccfg = [
    dict(zip(('abbr', 'dev', 'input', 'name'), row))
    for row in (
        ('lv', 'bbb', '1', 'Leisure volts'),
        ('sv', 'bbb', '0', 'Starter volts'),
        ('la', 'bbb', '2', 'Leisure Amps'),
        ('sa', 'bbb', '3', 'Starter Amps'),
        ('bv', 'adc2', 0, 'BowProp Volts'),
    )
]