[Tutor] need advice about a dictionary ({})

[Marc Tompkins]

On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Richard D. Moores <rdmoores at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 15:32, Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com>
> wrote:
>
> So you open the file and from that point on treat it exactly like a
> > dictionary.
>
> I'm still a bit shaky about dictionaries.
>
> That right there is the salient bit.  Using shelve is just like using a
dictionary; probably that's why you're finding the documentation sparse:
dictionaries are core Python, so they assume you know how to use them.
("First, catch your rabbit...")

I was about to write an introduction to dictionaries, but I realized it's
been done, and done better than I could.  I really recommend that you learn
them; I think that once you do, you'll find that they're a better fit in all
sorts of places where you've been using lists.  (Speaking from personal
experience...)
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