bob gailer wrote: > if key not in keywords: > keywords[key] = [] > keywords[key].append(value)
This can be written more succinctly as keywords.setdefault(key, []).append(value) or in Python 2.5: from collections import defaultdict keywords = defaultdict(list) ... keywords[key].append(value) Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor