On Friday 29 April 2005 11:53, Ville Vainio wrote: > >>>>> "Kent" == Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Kent> if frequency.has_key(word): > Kent> frequency[word] += 1 > Kent> else: > Kent> frequency[word] = 1 > > This is a good place to use 'get' method of dict: > > frequency[word] = frequency.get(word,0) + 1
try/except might be fastest of all: http://gumuz.looze.net/wordpress/index.php/archives/2005/04/28/python-dictionary-speed-optimisation/
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