Sorry, I ment of course list.... what I exaclty ment is
that if I assign value = Number that I automaticly assign y[1][3][6][1][1] a new number. more detailled explained: let us say a would be x = [2,5,4] y = a[3] if I change y to [] I want the result to be x = [2,5,[]] and that's automaticly independently how deep i dig. Sorry for the inconvenience. Tamer Am 10.08.2012 16:31, schrieb Chris Angelico: > On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 12:02 AM, Tamer Higazi <th9...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> Hi! >> suppose you have a dictionary that looks like this: >> >> x = [1,3,6,1,1] which should represent a certain other variable. >> >> in reality it would represent: >> >> y[1][3][6][1][1] >> >> Now, how do I write a python routine, that points in this dictionary, >> where I should receive or set other values. > > For a start, that looks like a list, not a dictionary. A dict in > Python is a mapping, eg a hashtable - an unordered pairing of keys and > values. But this might do what you want: > > value = y > for idx in x: > value = value[idx] > > At the end of that, 'value' will be the same as 'y[1][3][6][1][1]'. > > If that's not what you mean, you may want to clarify your question some. > > Hope that helps! > > Chris Angelico -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
