> On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 00:15 -0500, Michael Broe wrote: > You can check if the dictionary key exists prior to assigning to it: > >>>> if not D.has_key('c'): > ... D['c'] = {} >>>> D['c']['a'] = 1
And since 2.4? if 'c' in D: ... Alan G. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor