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Byron wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Luis N wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Ideally, you would put your names into a list or dictionary to make
working with them easier. If all you're trying to do is count them
(and your list of names is long), you might consider a dictionary
which you would use like so:
#This is just the first thing I considered.
l = ['a list of names']
d = {}
for name in namelist:
if d.has_key(name):
x = d.get(name)
d[name] = x + 1
else:
d[name] = 1
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100% agreed. I have used this approach before and it works great...
Byron
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Thanks for the snipplet, it's perfect for what I'm doing, I wasn't
aware of the has_key() or get(), this is very usefull.<br>
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