How to enter multiple, similar, dictionaries?
Chris Green
cl at isbd.net
Mon Dec 11 10:57:48 EST 2023
Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> Is there a way to abbreviate the following code somehow?
>
> lv = {'dev':'bbb', 'input':'1', 'name':'Leisure volts'}
> sv = {'dev':'bbb', 'input':'0', 'name':'Starter volts'}
> la = {'dev':'bbb', 'input':'2', 'name':'Leisure Amps'}
> sa = {'dev':'bbb', 'input':'3', 'name':'Starter Amps'}
> bv = {'dev':'adc2', 'input':0, 'name':'BowProp Volts'}
>
> It's effectively a 'table' with columns named 'dev', 'input' and
> 'name' and I want to access the values of the table using the variable
> name.
>
Or, more sensibly, make the above into a list (or maybe dictionary)
of dictionaries:-
adccfg = [
{'abbr':'lv', 'dev':'bbb', 'input':'1', 'name':'Leisure volts'},
{'abbr':'sv', 'dev':'bbb', 'input':'0', 'name':'Starter volts'},
{'abbr':'la', 'dev':'bbb', 'input':'2', 'name':'Leisure Amps'},
{'abbr':'sa', 'dev':'bbb', 'input':'3', 'name':'Starter Amps'},
{'abbr':'bv', 'dev':'adc2', 'input':0, 'name':'BowProp Volts'}
]
This pickles nicely, I just want an easy way to enter the data!
> I could, obviously, store the data in a database (sqlite), I have some
> similar data in a database already but the above sort of format in
> Python source is more human readable and accessible. I'm just looking
> for a less laborious way of entering it really.
>
--
Chris Green
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