On Aug 27, 1:38 pm, brad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > castironpi wrote: > > I don't understand what a multimap does that a map of lists doesn't do. > > It counts both keys individually as separate keys. The Python workaround > does not... see examples... notice the key(s) that are '4' > > Python output (using the k = [] idea): > > Key: 4 Value: [[13, 'Visa'], [16, 'Visa']] > > A C++ multimap > > Key: 4 Value: Visa 16 > Key: 4 Value: Visa 13
You are looking at a two-line workaround. A single Key-4 element is always k[4][0], if 4 is in k. To remove k[4] is a little trickier. If len( k[4] )> 1: k[4].pop( ), else k.pop( 4 )[ 0 ]. (Smooth.) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
