On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Richard D. Moores <rdmoo...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 15:32, Alan Gauld <alan.ga...@btinternet.com> > wrote: > > So you open the file and from that point on treat it exactly like a > > dictionary. > > I'm still a bit shaky about dictionaries. > > That right there is the salient bit. Using shelve is just like using a dictionary; probably that's why you're finding the documentation sparse: dictionaries are core Python, so they assume you know how to use them. ("First, catch your rabbit...") I was about to write an introduction to dictionaries, but I realized it's been done, and done better than I could. I really recommend that you learn them; I think that once you do, you'll find that they're a better fit in all sorts of places where you've been using lists. (Speaking from personal experience...)
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