On Apr 10, 1:10 pm, "Nicko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you expect to do exact-match look-up where the keys are not unique
> then build a dictionary containing 'set' objects which are the sets of
> records which have the given key. This lets you neatly find the
> intersection of selections on m
Jim wrote:
> I have an application that will maintain an in-memory database in the
> form of a list of lists. Does anyone know of a way to search for and
> retreive "records" from such a structure?
The answer very much depends on the manner in which you want to do the
look-up. If you only need t
"Jeremy Sanders" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
> Dictionaries are one of the most useful things in Python. Make sure you know
> how to take adavantage of them...
+1 for QOTW
- Hendrik
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Jim wrote:
> I have an application that will maintain an in-memory database in the
> form of a list of lists. Does anyone know of a way to search for and
> retreive "records" from such a structure?
>
Actually, the new NumPy can work as a very-good fast and efficient
simple in-memory database (o
Jim wrote:
> I have an application that will maintain an in-memory database in the
> form of a list of lists. Does anyone know of a way to search for and
> retreive "records" from such a structure?
The dictionary is the obvious way to index things:
# items consist of name and age
data = [
['fr
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jim wrote:
> I have an application that will maintain an in-memory database in the
> form of a list of lists. Does anyone know of a way to search for and
> retreive "records" from such a structure?
Scan the list of lists with a ``for`` loop. Or build indexes with
diction
En Mon, 09 Apr 2007 10:19:12 -0300, Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió:
> I have an application that will maintain an in-memory database in the
> form of a list of lists. Does anyone know of a way to search for and
> retreive "records" from such a structure?
Why not a true database? SQLite can han
I have an application that will maintain an in-memory database in the
form of a list of lists. Does anyone know of a way to search for and
retreive "records" from such a structure?
Many thanks,
bootkey
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