newbie question - python lists

[lee]

On Nov 6, 10:47 pm, "Rami Chowdhury" <rami.chowdh... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:19:00 -0800, lee <san82m... at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Nov 6, 9:47 pm, lee <san82m... at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Nov 6, 7:48 pm, Jim <jim.heffe... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> > On Nov 6, 9:15 am, lee <san82m... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> > > can anyone point wer am erroring.
>
> >> > I'm not sure what you are trying to do, but it is odd, isn't it, that
> >> > you never refer to brain in the "for brain in brains:" loop?  I think
> >> > you are mixing i and brain somehow.
>
> >> > Jim
>
> >> ok let me make it clear,
>
> >> brains = ['1','2']
> >> for brain in brains:
> >>     row['item'] = brain
> >>     items.append(row)
> >>     print items
>
> >> This produces
> >> [{'item': '1'}]
> >> [{'item': '2'}, {'item': '2'}]
> >> but i want
> >> [{'item': '1'}]
> >> [{'item': '1'}, {'item': '2'}]
>
> >> if i do items.append(brain), it gives,
> >> ['1', '2']
> >> but i want dictionary inside list.
> >> @Jon - Yes i want single item dict's
> >> @Robert - i use python 2.4 .
>
> >> Thanks
> >> Lee.
>
> > i got it solved ,
>
> > items = []
> > for brain in brains:
> >        dict = {'itemnos': 'item_0' + brain + 's'}
> >        items.append(dict)
> > print(items)
>
> Glad to see you solved it! A couple of minor considerations:
>         - I would suggest you use a variable name other than 'dict', as that  
> shadows the built-in 'dict' type
>         - I would suggest using the idiom 'item_0%ss' % brain rather than  
> 'item_0' + brain + 's', in case at some point you want to change the type  
> of 'brain'
>
> --
> Rami Chowdhury
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i greatly value your suggestion.
i have made changes as indicted by you.
The code looks more clean now.

Thank you,
Lee.