Greetings python-list!
The good news is that I've been having a blast with Python since early
Spring. I've had great success in both learning the language from online
/ usegroup resources and implementing it in one of my projects. However,
I can't pretend to be an expert, and I do not have a strong comp sci
background.
This is a question that I've had for a while. Usually, I'll stumble
across the answer with repeated attempts and re-searching the groups, but
I didn't have luck with this one, even in a Dietel book I picked up at the
library. I'm assuming there's an obvious answer, so maybe ya'll can save
me some time.
My Python use involves organizing nested list information. In a
simplified example, you could imagine a list of reactants and products in
a chemical reaction. Thus,
len(nested_list _of_reactants) = len(nested_list _of_products) => "number of
reactions"
where: nested_list_of_ reactants[i] => "list of reactants for reaction i"
where: nested_list_of_ reactants[i][j] => "reactant j of reaction i"
And so forth. Obviously, there are many attributes associated with a
specific reaction. Currently, I just pass these attribute lists (nested
and non-nested) into and out of functions. However, I'd like to be able
to create a class that would streamline this.
E.g., (this is a MATLAB structure whose qualities I'd like to emulate):
reaction(27).na me = 'fawlty towers'
reaction(27).re actant(2).name = 'john cleese'
Currently, I'd have a list and a nested list to take care of this...
reaction_name[27] = 'fawlty towers' and reactants[27][2] = 'john cleese'
if this makes sense.
Any thoughts or suggestions on this type of data structuring would be
greatly appreciated. Python love, Joel
The good news is that I've been having a blast with Python since early
Spring. I've had great success in both learning the language from online
/ usegroup resources and implementing it in one of my projects. However,
I can't pretend to be an expert, and I do not have a strong comp sci
background.
This is a question that I've had for a while. Usually, I'll stumble
across the answer with repeated attempts and re-searching the groups, but
I didn't have luck with this one, even in a Dietel book I picked up at the
library. I'm assuming there's an obvious answer, so maybe ya'll can save
me some time.
My Python use involves organizing nested list information. In a
simplified example, you could imagine a list of reactants and products in
a chemical reaction. Thus,
len(nested_list _of_reactants) = len(nested_list _of_products) => "number of
reactions"
where: nested_list_of_ reactants[i] => "list of reactants for reaction i"
where: nested_list_of_ reactants[i][j] => "reactant j of reaction i"
And so forth. Obviously, there are many attributes associated with a
specific reaction. Currently, I just pass these attribute lists (nested
and non-nested) into and out of functions. However, I'd like to be able
to create a class that would streamline this.
E.g., (this is a MATLAB structure whose qualities I'd like to emulate):
reaction(27).na me = 'fawlty towers'
reaction(27).re actant(2).name = 'john cleese'
Currently, I'd have a list and a nested list to take care of this...
reaction_name[27] = 'fawlty towers' and reactants[27][2] = 'john cleese'
if this makes sense.
Any thoughts or suggestions on this type of data structuring would be
greatly appreciated. Python love, Joel
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