Re: Equivalents of Ruby's "!" methods?

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:21:09 -0700, Paul McGuire wrote:

On Aug 25, 7:52 am, "Simon Mullis" <si...@mullis.c o.ukwrote:

>Consider the following hash:
>>
>h = { "1" : "a\r", "2" : "b\n" }

>
In Python, this called a "dict". "hash" sounds so... perlish.

A hash is also a mixture, a jumble or mess, as in hash browns, or as in
"to make a hash of something".

Also, a hash table is the conventional Computer Science term for what
Python calls dicts and Perl calls associative arrays.


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Steven