Best way to enumerate something in python

**Larry Bates** · Jul 18 '05, 11:20 AM

Re: Best way to enumerate something in python

David,

You may have to give us more detail about what
you want to do, but here goes:

listofcolumns=( 'field1','field 2','field3')
for column in listofcolumns:
<do something>

Most of the time I find that putting the names
in a dictionary with the column name as key and
offset as the value seems to work better.

dictofcolumns={ 'field1':1, 'field2': 2, 'field3':3}

value_for_field 3=row[dictofcolumns['field3']]

For your second question I think you should
take a look at os.path.getatim e, .gmtime, getsize
they are easier to use.

Larry Bates
Syscon, Inc.

"David Stockwell" <winexpert@hotm ail.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.31 1.1085575108.69 49.python-list@python.org ...[color=blue]
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I'm wondering about the best way to enumerate something.
>
> I have a list of columnames for a db and I decided to put them in a giant
> tuple list for two reasons:
> 1) its unchangeable
> 2) I was hoping that creating an enumeration of those names would be[/color]
easy[color=blue]
>
> In the os.stat there is aparrently a list of things you can refer to eg:
> ST_SIZE, ST_ATIME, etc.
>
> How are these defined? They appear to be related to 0,1,2,3,.... some
> sort of enumeration.
>
> I would like to create an enumeration with 'friendly names' that map to[/color]
the[color=blue]
> particular offset in my column name tuple.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
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**Hallvard B Furuseth** · Jul 18 '05, 11:21 AM

Re: Best way to enumerate something in python

David Stockwell wrote:
[color=blue]
> I have a list of columnames for a db and I decided to put them in a giant
> tuple list for two reasons:
> 1) its unchangeable
> 2) I was hoping that creating an enumeration of those names would be easy
>
> (...)
>
> I would like to create an enumeration with 'friendly names' that map to the
> particular offset in my column name tuple.[/color]

Like this?
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>>> class tuple_names(tup le):[/color][/color][/color]
.... def __init__(self, dummy = None):
.... self.__dict__ = dict(zip(self, range(0, len(self))))
....[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> x = tuple_names(('a ', 'b', 'c'))
>>> x[/color][/color][/color]
('a', 'b', 'c')[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> x.c[/color][/color][/color]
2

Another approach to enumeration which I've just been playing with:

import sys

class Named_int(int):
"""Named_int('n ame', value) is an int with str() = repr() = 'name'."""
def __new__(cls, name, val):
self = int.__new__(cls , val)
self.name = name
return self
def __str__(self): return self.name
__repr__ = __str__
__slots__ = 'name'

def Enum_dict(_Enum _dest = None, **src):
if _Enum_dest is None:
_Enum_dest = {}
for name, val in src.items():
_Enum_dest[name] = Named_int(name, val)
return _Enum_dest

def Enum(**mapping) :
"""Enum(var = integer, ...) defines the specified named integer variables.
Each variable is set to a Named_int with name 'var' and value 'integer'.
Enum() only works in class bodies and at file level, not in functions."""

Enum_dict(sys._ getframe(1).f_l ocals, **mapping)

# Test
if __name__ == '__main__':
x = Named_int('y', 3)
print x, str(x), int(x), "(%s = %d)" % (x, x)

Enum(
debug = 0,
info = 1,
warning = 2,
error = 3,
critical = 4
)
print"%s = %d" % (info, info)

class foo: Enum (one = 1, two = 2)
print foo.two

print Enum_dict(three = 3, five = 5)
print Enum_dict({None : ()}, seven = 7)

--
Hallvard

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