On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:07:08 -0700, Tom wrote: > Ah, thanks for that Dennis. I have a system already figured out where > the user manually pre-enters all the variables into a .py file, which > obviously isn't very efficient. The language isn't going to be used much > except by me, so I suppose I'll just work with that until I look more > into dictionaries, but I'm still beginning Python, and before that the > only coding I did was a little bit of C++, so I'll wait up for that :P
Dictionaries are fundamental to Python and very useful. Not learning about them before starting to write code is like not learning about the accelerator pedal before starting to drive a car. You might be able to get somewhere by getting out and pushing, but it will be slow and exhausting. Have you done the tutorial? http://www.python.org/doc/current/tutorial/ -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list