[Tutor] how to do multiple searching against many lists

[Pujo Aji]

Yes you can.
you can make:
    search_list =['cat','python','parrot','donkey','e.coli']

    animals = ['python','cat','tiger','donkey','zebra','lemur']
    birds = ['parrot','mina','oriole','blue jay']
    bacteria = ['e.coli','bacillus','staphy','acetobacter']


    mydic = {}
    for animal in animals :
        mydic[animal] = 'animal'

    for bird in birds:
        mydic[bird] = 'bird'

    for bacteri in bacteria:
        mydic[bacteri] = 'bacteria'


    for x in search_list:
        print x, mydic[x]


Don't forget to include 'python' in animals group.

Cheers,
pujo
On 1/19/06, Srinivas Iyyer <srini_iyyer_bio at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Group,
>
> my Problem:
>
> I have soms list for variety of animals, birds,
> bacteria
>
>
> I have another list:
> search_list =
> ['cat','python','parrot','donkey','e.coli']
>
> animals = ['cat','tiger','donkey','zebra','lemur']
> birs = ['parrot','mina','oriole','blue jay']
> bacteria =
> ['e.coli','bacillus','staphy','acetobacter']
>
> my output should look like this:
>
> cat '\t' animal
> python '\t' animal
> parrot '\t' bird
> donkey '\t'animal
> e.coli '\t' bacteria
>
> Can I do this using dictionaries , so that to make it
> faster?
>
> Thanks
> Srini
>
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