[Tutor] referencing a dictionary

[Sean Blakey]

On Mon, Jul 17, 2000 at 07:50:13PM +0000, brian callahan wrote:
> hi,
> 
> hows it going.  i had a quick (hopefully) question about using a dictionary. 
>   my idea is to use a raw_input string, to search a dictionary that contains 
> all the characters in the raw_input string with a value, and then i want to 
> sum the values.  my script is used to take a the amino acid sequence of a 
> protein and then give back the molecular weight.  i've been using the 
> 'learning python' book but im getting impatient.
> 
> thanks for your help,
> 
> brian c.
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Not sure exactly what your question is, but I'll try to give you some sample
code:

import string
weights = {'A': 5, 'B': 7, 'C': 3}
acids = string.upper(raw_input("Enter the amino acid sequence"))
weight = 0
for acid in acids:
    weight = weight + weights[acid]
print "The molecular weight of this protein is", weight

Is this what you were looking for?
    -Sean

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