I think you should go for 'dictionary' that is a built-in data structure of Python.
regards, Subeen http://love-python.blogspot.com/ On Feb 20, 7:32 pm, "Jorge Vargas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/2/20 Jarek Zgoda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:> Jorge Vargas napisa³(a): > > > > - attribute access (or index) > > > - maintain the order (for iter and print) > > > - be mutable. > > > These are all attributes of standard Python lists. > > probably I confused you with the "or index" part. I want to be able to > do item.value1 or item['value1'] the list can't do this. > > > > in case there isn't one. I was thinking having a base class like Bunch > > >http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/52308and on > > > top of that keeping a list of the keys and pop/push to the list when > > > adding/deleting items. I don't like this idea because I'll have to > > > keep each key twice. (in the list and in __dict__, is this the only > > > way of doing it? > > > What is your objective? From the description of this recipe I cann't get > > your use case. > > I got an xml object which feed me in data. in a simple format > <item> > <propety1>foo</propety1> > <value1>bar</value1> > <propety2>baz</propety2> > <value2>bal</value2> > </item> > > I want to turn this into a datastructure I can manipulate in my > program for example. > > >>> print myItem.property1 > >>> if myItem.property1[value1] > 0: > > print 'ok' > > >>> print myItem > > {'property1':'value1','property2,'value2'} > > > > > > > -- > > Jarek Zgoda > > Skype: jzgoda | GTalk: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | voice: +48228430101 > > > "We read Knuth so you don't have to." (Tim Peters) > > -- > >http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list