hi, thank you, ur code was helpful.... :)
On Aug 29, 2:18 pm, Bruno Desthuilliers <bruno. [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > lee a écrit : > > > > > hi all, > > i am a newbie in python. i was trying to work with dictionaries. i > > wanted to input values through command line and store the values in a > > dictionary. i mean for the same key , multiple values. can any1 > > suggest me how can i do it.....thank you.... > > > i tried this, but the old value is replaced by new one, but i want to > > store al values entered by user. > > kev = {} > > if kev.has_key('Name'): > > kev['Name'].append(person_name) > > print 'name is ', kev['Name'] > > else: > > kev['Name'] = [person_name] > > print "kevin's name is %s" % kev['Name'] > > Please post the minimal *running* code exhibiting your problem. The > above snippet raises a NameError about person_name on line 3. > > Anyway, looking at my crystal ball, I'd say that you're (re)binding the > variable 'kev' to a new empty dict each time. > > Here's a working snippet: > > import sys > > kev = {} > try: > while True: > answer = raw_input("type a name :") > answer = answer.strip() > if answer: > try: > kev['name'].append(answer) > except KeyError: > kev['name'] = [answer] > print "name is now : %s" % " ".join(kev['name']) > print "" > > except KeyboardInterrupt: > sys.exit("bye") -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list