[IronPython] Unpacking

[Iivari Mokelainen]

  I thought you guys would suggest something like this

def parseOffsets(str):
     seq = str.split()
     dict = {}
     while seq != []:
         name, x, y = seq[:3]
         dict[name] = (int(x),int(y))
         del seq[:3]
     return dict

which seems to me as something in more of python-spirit? :D

well, anyways, thanks - now i know i dont have to bend backwards with 
restricting myself from using simple old paradigms (like for loop) in my 
python code (:

Cheers!

On 08/09/2010 17:13, Vernon Cole wrote:
> If you bring up Python in interactive mode, and type "import this", 
> some sage advice will appear:
> v v v v v
> C:\Users\vernon>ipy
> C:\Users\vernon>"c:\program files\IronPython 2.7\ipy.exe"
> IronPython 2.7 Alpha 1 (2.7.0.1) on .NET 4.0.30319.1
> >>> import this
>
> Explicit is better than implicit.
> Simple is better than complex.
> Readability counts.
> ^ ^ ^ ^
>
> In that spirit, may I suggest the following simple, readable code?
> <code>
> ml = ['name1','x1','y1','name2','x2','y2']
> i = 0
> d = {}
> while True:
>     try:
>         d[ml[i]] = (ml[i+1],ml[i+2])
>     except IndexError:
>         break
>     i += 3
> print repr(d)
> </code>
>
> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 5:29 AM, Iivari Mokelainen 
> <iivari at mokelainen.com <mailto:iivari at mokelainen.com>> wrote:
>
>      I need to unpack a list of
>        [name, x, y, name, x, y]
>     to a dictionary
>        {name : (x,y), name:(x,y)}
>     how would one do that?
>
>     Also, is it ok to ask such newbie questions here, or is there a
>     better place for that?
>
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