[Tutor] Counting help

[Scott Oertel]

Kent Johnson wrote:

>Scott Oertel wrote:
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>>The next problem I have though is creating the dict,
>>
>>i have a loop, but i can't figure out how to compile the dict,  it is 
>>returning this: ('Joey Gale', ('Scott Joe', 'This is lame' )))
>>
>>
>>listofnames = []
>>while (cnt < number[1][0]):
>>    if (date[2] == today[2]):
>>        test = regex.findall(M.fetch(int(number[1][0]) - cnt, 
>>'(BODY[HEADER.FIELDS (FROM)])')[1][0][1].rstrip())
>>        cnt += 1
>>        if (nameofsender != []):
>>            print nameofsender[0]
>>            listofnames = nameofsender[0], listofnames
>>    
>>
>
>I think you want 
>  listofnames.append(nameofsender[0])
>which will add nameofsender[0] to the list. What you have -
>  listofnames = nameofsender[0], listofnames
>is making a tuple (a pair) out of the new name and the old list, and assigning it to listofnames. Kind of like CONS in LISP - but Python lists are more like arrays than like LISP lists.
>
>Kent
>
>  
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>>        else:
>>            no_name += 1
>>    else: break
>>
>>
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Thank you everyone, this is exactly it, I'm going to take that link from 
byron and read up on dicts/lists.

-Scott Oertel
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