Hi I have written the following which works, but I would like to write it less clumsy. I have a dictionary in which I loop through the keys for a dynamic programming algorithm. If a key is present I test if its value is better than the current, if it is not present I just create it. Would it be possible to write it more compact?
###############3 c=1 s=8 x=2 l=list() l.append(dict()) l[0][5]=0 l.append(dict()) for a, e in l[-2].iteritems(): if a+c<s: ##### Can this improved? if a+c in l[-1]: ##### if l[-1][a+c]<x+e: ##### l[-1][a+c]=x+e ##### else: ##### l[-1][a+c]=x+e ##### print l ##################### tia, -- Brian (remove the sport for mail) http://www.et.web.mek.dtu.dk/Staff/be/be.html Rugbyklubben Speed Scandinavian Open 7s Rugby http://www.rkspeed.dk -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list