On Jul 10, 6:13 pm, "Diez B. Roggisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > my_list = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e']
> > dup_map = {}
> > for item in my_list:
> > dup_map[item] = True
>
> > # ... sometime later
>
> > for complex_dict in large_list:
> > if complex_dict["char"] not in dup_map:
> > my_list.append(complex_dict["char"])
> > dup_map[complex_dict["char"]] = True
>
> Instead of a dict, use a set. It's immediatly contructable from my_list,
> and better suited for the task anyway.
Cheers,
I rewrote it similar to:
dup_map = set(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'])
# ... sometime later
for complex_dict in large_list:
dup_map.add(complex_dict["char"])
my_list = list(dup_map)
That is a little nicer. Thanks again,
James.
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