[Tutor] I can't believe this needs to be this complex

[Dick Moores]

At 03:27 AM 8/2/2008, Andre Engels wrote:
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>2008 at 11:07 AM, Dick Moores <rdm at rcblue.com> wrote:
> > I'm pretty new to Python's dictionaries, but I had a need for a function
> > that would find the values in a dict that have more than one key each. It
> > took me several hours to write. See
> > 
> <http://py77.python.pastebin.com/f397582d8ˆÙY[\ÈÈÈH›Ø‹›ÝÚ]ˆHexample 
> shown, and with the dict of colors at> 
> <http://py77.python.pastebin.com/f796752ff>.
> >
>]HØ[‰Ý™[Y at ve the function needs to be so complex. And also, I suppose
> > I've reinvented the wheel (again). Please instruct me.
> >
>^H\ÛÙÚY\È[ˆY˜[˜ÙHÈÙ[›Üˆ›Ý\Ú[™ÈHÚ@ngle list comprehension.
>
>Well, list comprehension does indeed seem the solution to your
>problem, although a single list comprehension would not be necessary.
>I came to http://py77.python.pastebin.com/m4dcbb34f (note: this is
>untested, I have no Python on the computer I am working on now), or
>http://py77.python.pastebin.com/f76ba5002 to indeed just use a single
>list comprehension (or rather, two nested list comprehensions, again
>untested for the above reason).

You genius! How could you answer so quickly and 
accurately (20 minutes!) without access to Python?

Both of your scripts work, after I corrected one 
typo. See <http://py77.python.pastebin.com/f7b6e51e8>.

Thanks!

Dick Moores