find a specified dictionary in a list

[Odd-R.]

On 2005-07-22, John Machin <sjmachin at lexicon.net> wrote:
> Odd-R. wrote:
>> I have this list:
>> 
>> [{'i': 'milk', 'oid': 1}, {'i': 'butter', 'oid': 2},{'i':'cake','oid':3}]
>> 
>> All the dictionaries of this list are of the same form, and all the oids
>> are distinct. If I have an oid and the list, how is the simplest way of
>> getting the dictionary that holds this oid?
>> 
>
> Something like this:
>
> def oidfinder(an_oid, the_list):
>      for d in the_list:
> 	if d['oid'] == an_oid:
>              return d
>      return None
>      # These are not the oids you are looking for.

Thank you for your help, but I was hoping for an even simpler
solution, as I am suppose to use it in a
<tal:block tal:define="p python: sentence.

Is there a simpler way of doing it? What if I assume that the
oid I'm searching for really exists?

Thanks again


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