Re: [Tutor] Request for help learning the right way to deal with lists in lists

2010-07-12 Thread David Hutto
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Eric Hamiter wrote: > I'm fairly new to programming and Python as well, but I have a suggestion > that may be worth looking into-- are you familiar with pickling? It sounds > like something that may fit in well with what you're trying to do. > > Good reference art

Re: [Tutor] Request for help learning the right way to deal with lists in lists

2010-07-12 Thread Eric Hamiter
I'm fairly new to programming and Python as well, but I have a suggestion that may be worth looking into-- are you familiar with pickling? It sounds like something that may fit in well with what you're trying to do. Good reference article: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-105219

Re: [Tutor] Request for help learning the right way to deal with lists in lists

2010-07-12 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:19:51 am Siren Saren wrote: > I'm still fairly new to programming. [...] Please don't include the ENTIRE 300+ lines of the digest in your post. Start a NEW email, don't reply to the digest, and if you absolutely have to reply to the digest, delete the parts that you are no

[Tutor] Request for help learning the right way to deal with lists in lists

2010-07-12 Thread Siren Saren
I'm still fairly new to programming.  Python is my first language and I am teaching myself as best I can.  I'm struggling with a situation that I expect must come up all the time.  I can come up with relatively complicated solutions but I wonder if there's not a more pythonic way of doing it. I