[IronPython] Unpacking

[Iivari Mokelainen]

  Awesome! thats what i was looking for - pure python one-liner!
On 09/09/2010 00:29, Steve Dower wrote:
> Since we're all contributing here:
>
> d = { key: (v1, v2) for key, v1, v2 in zip(seq[::3], seq[1::3], seq[2::3]) }
>
> Or
>
> d = dict((key, (v1, v2)) for key, v1, v2 in zip(seq[::3], seq[1::3], seq[2::3])
>
> using Python 2.6. The first uses a dictionary comprehension, which is
> new in 2.7/3 (but not IronPython 2.7 it would seem...)
>
> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 04:08, Iivari Mokelainen<iivari at mokelainen.com>  wrote:
>> 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>
>> 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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