Luis N wrote:
>Ideally, you would put your names into a list or dictionary to make
>working with them easier. If all you're trying to do is count them
>(and your list of names is long), you might consider a dictionary
>which you would use like so:
>
>#This is just the first thing I considered.
>
>l = ['a list of names']
>
>d = {}
>
>for name in namelist:
> if d.has_key(name):
> x = d.get(name)
> d[name] = x + 1
> else:
> d[name] = 1
>
100% agreed. I have used this approach before and it works great...
Byron
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