Arrays and Structures (or User Types) [solved]

[Felagund]

Ciao,
I'm trying to convert to Python an existing program written in VB and I cannot find out an equivalent way to translate a Private Type description which includes another type and the relevant matrix. I was thinking that some Lists and Classes can do the job, but the result is really different and I can't find a way to insert unknown quantity of data inside a structure like an array of matrices. Could you please give me some hints ? Thanks a lot in advance.

[bvdet]

Maybe a dictionary would work for you.
Some examples:

dd12 = {"z1":"L6x4x3/8", "f2":"Zinc Oxide", "a3":(120.0, 220.0, 320.0)}
dd13 = {"ddd":55.2478, "eee":"Works", "fff":36}

print dd13["eee"]
dd13["eee"] = 'Busted'

for k, v in dd13.items():
        print k, "=", v

dd12 = {"z1":"L6x4x3/8", "f2":"Zinc Oxide", "a3":120.0000}

dd12.update(dd13)
print dd12

for k, v in dd12.items():
        print k, "=", v

[Felagund]

Ciao,
Thanks a lot for your help, do you know if there is the possibility to create an array for these Dictionaries ? What I need is, let say 100 (or any number) placeholders for a dictionary where to put all the extracted data from the input file. In VB you can do that dimensioning an array like graphics(100) and you can create this graphics as a user defined type (in C they called Structures) which contains the various info for that graphics (Xloc, Yloc, Type, etc.) are the dictonaries usable for the same kind of thing in your opinion ?

[bartonc]

Ciao,
Thanks a lot for your help, do you know if there is the possibility to create an array for these Dictionaries ? What I need is, let say 100 (or any number) placeholders for a dictionary where to put all the extracted data from the input file. In VB you can do that dimensioning an array like graphics(100) and you can create this graphics as a user defined type (in C they called Structures) which contains the various info for that graphics (Xloc, Yloc, Type, etc.) are the dictonaries usable for the same kind of thing in your opinion ?

numpy extenstion handles arrays very nicely. Get it at http://numpy.scipy.org/.

It allows you to create array objects of a given size and type of object they will hold and the use them much like lists only better because you can also do matrix math on them.

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Barton