On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Adam Bark <adam.jt...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 11/08/10 18:14, Eduardo Vieira wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Adam Bark <adam.jt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > The problem is you don't call make_dict unless there's a "FUEL SURCHARGE" or > multiple pins. Also you don't add the first pin to mydict["tracking"] unless > there's a "FUEL SURCHARGE". > > HTH, > Adam. > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - tu...@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > > > Hi, I made these changes, got rid of the functions, and changed some logic: > here is the link: http://pastebin.com/F19vKUjr > > Now mydict will be changing, of course with every loop, as the output below: > {'company': 'CITY SIGNS', 'tracking': ['600775301143'], 'id': '1'} > {'city': 'MEDICINE HAT', 'company': 'CITY SIGNS', 'tracking': > ['600775301143'], 'id': '1', 'prov': 'AB'} > {'city': 'MEDICINE HAT', 'company': 'TRIMLINE', 'tracking': > ['600775301150'], 'id': '2', 'prov': 'AB'} > {'city': 'ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE', 'company': 'TRIMLINE', 'tracking': > ['600775301150'], 'id': '2', 'prov': 'AB'} > {'city': 'ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE', 'company': 'TS SIGNS PRINTING & > PROMO', 'tracking': ['600775301168'], 'id': '3', 'prov': 'AB'} > {'city': 'FORT MCMURRAY', 'company': 'TS SIGNS PRINTING & PROMO', > 'tracking': ['600775301168'], 'id': '3', 'prov': 'AB'} > {'city': 'FORT MCMURRAY', 'company': 'TS SIGNS PRINTING & PROMO', > 'tracking': ['600775301168', '600775301168'], 'id': '3', 'prov': 'AB'} > {'city': 'FORT MCMURRAY', 'company': 'TS SIGNS PRINTING & PROMO', > 'tracking': ['600775301168', '600775301168', '600775301176'], 'id': > '3', 'prov': 'AB'} > {'city': 'FORT MCMURRAY', 'company': 'TS SIGNS PRINTING & PROMO', > 'tracking': ['600775301168', '600775301168', '600775301176', > '600775301184'], 'id': '3', 'prov': 'AB'} > {'city': 'FORT MCMURRAY', 'company': 'TS SIGNS PRINTING & PROMO', > 'tracking': ['600775301168', '600775301168', '600775301176', > '600775301184', '600775301192'], 'id': '3', 'prov': 'AB'} > {'city': 'FORT MCMURRAY', 'company': 'TS SIGNS PRINTING & PROMO', > 'tracking': ['600775301168', '600775301168', '600775301176', > '600775301184', '600775301192', '600775301200'], 'id': '3', 'prov': > 'AB'} > so I appended everything to a bigdata list and used it to update the > dictionary data_dict > > I can't understand why I get only one value: > {'18': {'city': 'ESTEVAN', > 'company': 'BRAKE & DRIVE SYSTEMS', > 'id': '18', > 'prov': 'SK', > 'tracking': ['600775301515', '600775301515', '600775301523']}} > > Regards, > > Eduardo > > > It looks to me like you keep overwriting the previous data, you keep using > mydict. Doing an append does not copy the dictionary it just copies a > reference to the underlying data structure. >
Thank you, Adam. That was the problem. By using deepcopy I managed to fix it: final = deepcopy(mydict) Cheers, Eduardo _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
