This feels like a stupid question, but I cannot find an answer anywhere. I am trying to learn python, so I figured I could try to create a little command line control for my lights and locks etc. (I have made my own home automation with Arduino).
To my question: I want the Python equivalent to PHP's:
$array = array('light' => array('on', 'off'), 'lock' => array('lock', 'unlock'));
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
In Python you can use a dictionary for this:
>>> dct = {'light': ['on', 'off'], 'lock': ['lock', 'unlock']}
>>> dct
{'lock': ['lock', 'unlock'], 'light': ['on', 'off']}
Another option is to use the dict() constructor, but this requires the keys to be valid Python identifiers:
>>> dct = dict(light=['on', 'off'], lock=['lock', 'unlock'])
>>> dct
{'lock': ['lock', 'unlock'], 'light': ['on', 'off']}
Note that the above two methods won't preserve the order though, if order matters then you should use collections.OrderedDict:
>>> from collections import OrderedDict
>>> dct = OrderedDict((('light', ['on', 'off']), ('lock',['lock', 'unlock'])))
>>> dct
OrderedDict([('light', ['on', 'off']), ('lock', ['lock', 'unlock'])])
