[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > while(<IN>){ > @info=split(/ +/,$_); > push (@{$tmp{$info[0]}},$info[1]); > } > > and then > foreach $key (keys %tmp){ > print "$key -> @{$tmp{$key}}\n"; > }
Python 2.5 introduced a dictionary type with automatic creation of values, ala Perl: =============================== from collections import defaultdict d = defaultdict(list) for line in fl: k, v = line.strip().split() d[k].append(v) for k,v in d.items(): print k, v =============================== Notice that Python is always more strongly typed, so you have to specify a factory function. -- Giovanni Bajo -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list