[Tutor] how do I create a lists of values associated with a key?

[Alan Gauld]

"Angela Yang" <angelayian at yahoo.com> wrote

> But for dictionaries, it is key - value pairs. But I need key -> 
> multiple values.

But a value can be a list.

d = {}
d['odd'] = [1,3,5,7]
d['even'] = [2,4,6,8]

print d['odd'][2]    # = 5


See the Raw Materials top[ic in my tutorial for another
example using a dictionary to store address data:

>>> addressBook = {
... 'Fred' : ['Fred', '9 Some St',' Anytown', '0123456789'],
... 'Rose' : ['Rose', '11 Nother St', 'SomePlace', '0987654321']
... }>>> print addressBook['Rose']
['Rose', '11 Nother St', 'SomePlace', '0987654321']
>>> print addressBook['Fred'][3]
0123456789
HTH,


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