I am pretty new to Python (coming from a Java background) so was wondering if someone would have any advice on a data structure design question. I need to create a data structure with default values that would look something like this:
[
(Name="name1", {id=1, val1="val1"} ),
(Name="name2", {id=2, val1="val2"} )
]
i.e a list of tuples where each tuple consists of one string value (Name) and a dictionary of values.
The first piece of functionality I need is to be able to add to or override the above data structure with additional details e.g:
[
(Name="name2", {id=2, val1="new value"} ) ,
(Name="name2", {id=3, val1="another value"} ) ,
(Name="name3", {id=3, val1="val3"} )
]
Which would ultimately result in a final data structure that looks like this:
[
(Name="name1", {id=1, val1="val1"} ),
(Name="name2", {id=2, val1="new value"} ) ,
(Name="name2", {id=3, val1="another value"} ) ,
(Name="name3", {id=3, val1="val3"} )
]
The second piece of functionality I need is to be able to access each tuple in the list according to the id value in the dictionary i.e
Get me tuple where name = "name2" and id="3" .
Could anybody give me their opinions on how best this could be implemented in Python?
Thanks!