[Tutor] how do I create a lists of values associated with a key?

[Lie Ryan]

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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:16:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: Angela Yang <angelayian at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Tutor] how do I create a lists of values associated with a
       key?
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> That did not work because list index is not numeric.

Dictionary is an unordered set (list is an ordered set) indexed by a
immutable value (e.g. string, numbers, tuple)

> But for dictionaries, it is key - value pairs.? But I need key -> multiple
values.

That would mean, a dictionary of lists. Dictionary keys cannot be a mutable
(i.e. list cannot be a dictionary key) but dictionary's value may be
mutable.
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