Rich Harkins > I was wondering if anyone else had been wanting to enhance Python > dictionaries Like this? >>> d = {} >>> d.setdefault('key','value') 'value' >>> d {'key': 'value'} >>> d['key']='new value' >>> d.setdefault('key','value') 'new value' >>> d {'key': 'new value'} >>> -- Emile van Sebille emile at fenx.com ---------