[Tutor] help on dic creation

[Dave Angel]

On 11/06/2012 09:01 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote:
> On 31/10/2012 01:01, Brayden Zhao wrote:
>
>> def fieldict(filename):
>>    D={}
>>    with open(filename) as FileObject:
>>      for lines in FileObject:
>>        linelist=lines.split('\t')
>>        Key=linelist[0]
>>        ValCity=(linelist[12]).strip()
>>        ValState=linelist[13]
>>        ValOne=linelist[2]
>>        ValTwo=linelist[6]
>>        ValThree=boolean(linelist[7])
>>    D={Key:(ValOne, ValTwo, ValThree, ValCity,ValState)}
>
> Put the line above inside the for loop :)
>
Won't help.  Then he'd be reassigning the D each time, with the same net
result.  What he needs INSIDE the loop is something like:

    D[Key] = (ValOne, ValTwo, ValThree, ValCity, ValState)

>>    return D
>> print fieldict("DOT500.txt")
>>
>


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DaveA