On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 5:58 AM, Wayne Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Is it possible in Python to look at a string as a "struct". I don't think > a struct exists in python. Actually, is there something analogous to a > record. In the case of strings, suppose I have string that is composed of > sub-strings like, first_name, last-name, date_of birth, which consists of > month, day, and year, and finally SSN, street_address, state, city, and > zip_code. I'd like to access these fields directly instead of lastname = > record[38:55]. What if fields are not just strings, but some numeric > values? > My guess is you really want to use a dict. Perhaps a list of dicts... or a dict of lists. Some combination of the two should give you the functionality you're looking for. HTH, Wayne
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