ahh man, I should have known. sheesh python is so kewl. I keep forgetting most times, it will do stuff directly and you don't have to assign..
Thanks Python Newbie.... On Friday 11 November 2005 02:59 pm, DS wrote: > You almost have it. Do this instead. > > d = {'first':[]} > d['first'].append("string") > > Append acts on the list, so assignment is unnecessary. > > ds > > Eric Walker wrote: > >All, > >I have a dictionary say: > >d = {'first':[]} > >I am going through another list and depending on whats going on, > >I want to add to the empty list. I have tried the following to noavail. > > > >d['first'] = d['first'].append("string") > > > >I would think this would result in the dictionary key first's empty list > > to become ["string"]. can anyone help clear my head? > > > >Thanks... > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > >http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor -- Eric Walker EDA/CAD Engineer Work: 208-368-2573 _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor