On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Alan Gauld wrote:

>  my_dict = {}
>  for item in my_list:
>      if item in my_dict:
>         my_dict[item] += 1
>      else: my_dict[item] = 1

What I've done is:

my_dict = {}
for item in my_list:
    my_dict[item] = my_dict.get(item,0) + 1

my_dict.get returns the value of my_dict[item], if it exists, or zero if 
it does not; then you add one.

>  There might be a slightly cleverer way to do it using
>  my_dict(get)

This is probably what you had in mind.


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Terry Carroll
Santa Clara, CA
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