Hrmm, any ideas why I'd be getting 'SyntaxError: invalid syntax' for both of these?
> sum(u'Level 2 Courses' in dct for dct in yourlist) > q = set(['1']); print q, sum(d.get('level') in q for d in thelist) The error occurs at the 'for' I'm afraid I can't use Peters suggestion as I'm using python 2.3 and it doesn't have the collection module. Thanks anyway. Cheers Jon 2008/8/12 Jon Bowlas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Many thanks for all your reponses, much appreciated. > > I'll get back to you on which is the best for me. > > BTW - yes John thats exactly what I wanted. > > Cheers > > Jon > > Jon Bowlas wrote: >> For example I'd like to kow how many dictionaries there are with a >> level 1, 2 , 23 & 3 etc. How would one go about achieveing this? >> >> Hope someone can help. > > sum(u'Level 2 Courses' in dct for dct in yourlist) > > Christian > > 2008/8/12 Jon Bowlas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Hi All, >> >> I have the following list containing dictionaries and I would like to >> be able to count the total number of dictionaries I have that contain >> a certain value set for the 'level' key: >> >> [{'mod_title': u'Introduction to Human Anatomy', 'level': u'1', >> 'modcode': u'ANAT1003', 'deptleveltext': u'', 'deptlevelheader': >> u'Level 1 Courses', 'subj_code': u'AE'}, {'mod_title': u'Developmental >> Neurobiology', 'level': u'2', 'modcode': u'ANAT2008', 'deptleveltext': >> u'', 'deptlevelheader': u'Level 2 Courses', 'subj_code': u'AE'}, >> {'mod_title': u'Human Neuroanatomy', 'level': u'2', 'modcode': >> u'ANAT2010', 'deptleveltext': u'', 'deptlevelheader': u'Level 2 >> Courses', 'subj_code': u'AE'}, {'mod_title': u'Human Anatomy and >> Embryology', 'level': u'2', 'modcode': u'ANAT2050', 'deptleveltext': >> u'', 'deptlevelheader': u'Level 2 Courses', 'subj_code': u'AE'}, >> {'mod_title': u'Ethics of Fertility and Embryo Research', 'level': >> u'2', 'modcode': u'ANAT2099', 'deptleveltext': u'', 'deptlevelheader': >> u'Level 2 Courses', 'subj_code': u'AE'}, {'mod_title': u"Man's Place >> in Nature 1750-1900", 'level': u'23', 'modcode': u'HMED3001', >> 'deptleveltext': u'', 'deptlevelheader': u'Level 2/3 Courses', >> 'subj_code': u'AE'}, {'mod_title': u'Medicine, Disease and Society, >> Antiquity to Renaissance ', 'level': u'23', 'modcode': u'HMED3003', >> 'deptleveltext': u'', 'deptlevelheader': u'Level 2/3 Courses', >> 'subj_code': u'AE'}, {'mod_title': u'Madness and Society', 'level': >> u'23', 'modcode': u'HMED3004', 'deptleveltext': u'', >> 'deptlevelheader': u'Level 2/3 Courses', 'subj_code': u'AE'}] >> >> For example I'd like to kow how many dictionaries there are with a >> level 1, 2 , 23 & 3 etc. How would one go about achieveing this? >> >> Hope someone can help. >> >> Cheers >> >> Jon >> > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list