On 11/12/2013 00:02, Tamer Higazi wrote:
Hi people!
Is there a way to get dict by search terms without iterating the entire
dictionary ?!
Let us assume I have:
{'Amanda':'Power','Amaly':'Higgens','Joseph':'White','Arlington','Black','Arnold','Schwarzenegger'}
I want to grab the dict's key and values started with 'Ar'...
I could make an iterator and look if it's inside.
I wasn't able to find it, but I am asking myself if dict has a builtin
method to get me these key/values on the fly.
Why do I ask you?! I am working with the ZODB Database, where I make use
of a PersistentDict and PersistentList, and I want
I would thank you for a short reply.
Tamer
Plenty of answers already but this may be of interest
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2288901/best-data-structure-for-crossword-puzzle-search?lq=1
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