On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:23:31 -0800
Matthew Sacks <ntw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> let me re-phrase that question:
> i would like to access the element of individual tuples inside of a
> list, by using an index.
> so i have the list contents
>
> print list
> [('--datasourcename', 'DB'), ('--password', '123')]
>
> How can I access "DB" from the list directly using an index?
First of all, list is a reserved word. Don't use it as a variable name.
mylist[0][1] if I understand the question.
I don't know what you are trying to accomplish but is this snippet
useful?
opts = dict([(x[0][2:], x[1]) for x in mylist if x[0][:2] == '--'])
print opts['datasourcename']
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