Dictionary question.

[Simon Brunning]

On 21 Apr 2005 02:47:42 -0700, hawkesed <olaamigoquepasa at hotmail.com> wrote:
>   I am semi new to Python. Here is my problem : I have a list of 100
> random integers. I want to be able to construct a histogram out of the
> data. So I want to know how many 70's, 71's, etc. I can't figure out
> how to do this. A dictionary is supposedly can do key value pairs
> right? I want to be able to see if say 75 is in the data structure, and
> what its value is, then increment its value as I go through the list
> finding items.
>   I am sure there is a way to do this. Is a dictionary what I should be
> using? Thanks for any help. Hope this makes sense, its getting very
> late here.

Sounds like homework, so I'll just say that yes, a dictionary would be
ideal for what you are trying to do.

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Simon B,
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