[Tutor] dictionary manipulation

[Bob Gailer]

Chris Hallman wrote:
>
> I need some suggestions on how to work with a dictionary. I've got a 
> program that builds a dictionary. I need to be able to manipulate the 
> different keys and data so that I can write the output to a file AND 
> utilize the smtplib to send the data in an email. I had problems using 
> the data in the dictionary, so I wrote a crude for loop to strip 
> characters:
>
> >>> print result
> {'s0100swa': ['running correct IOS'], 's0300swa': ['INCORRECT running 
> IOS'], 's0200swa': ['running correct IOS'], 's0400swa': ['running 
> correct IOS']}
>
> results= sorted(result.items ())
>
> >>> print results
> [('s0100swa', ['running correct IOS']), ('s0200swa', ['running correct 
> IOS']), ('s0300swa', ['INCORRECT running IOS']), ('s0400swa', 
> ['running correct IOS'])]
>
> for x in range(len(results)):
>     text = repr(results[x])
>     text = text.replace("'", "")
>     text = text.replace("(", "")
>     text = text.replace(")", "")
>     text = text.replace ("[", "")
>     text = text.replace("]", "")
>     text = text.replace(",", ":")
>     output.write(text + "\n")
>     output.flush()
> output.write ("\n")
>
> I need to remove the extra characters so the file and email output 
> isn't difficult to read. I also need to be able to use the dictionary 
> data so that I can compose the message used by the smtplib.
>
>
> Any suggestions?
I for one have no suggestions to offer because I don't know what you 
want. "suggestions on how to work with a dictionary" is not adequate. 
Where are you stuck? Do you want critique of the code you posted, or how 
use smtplib or what?

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Bob Gailer
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