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I found that one can use dictionaries to hold Tkinter widget config and display parameters. This then permits one to have these dictionaries elsewhere in the code for easy modification instead of buried within the code for each widget. I particularly like to place these dictionaries toward the top of …

Part 2 of exploring/tasting the Swift language takes a look at dictionaries; process flow controls like loops, if/else and switch/case; functions and sorting. I hope I can follow this up with part 3, a closer look at class operations.

The example shows how to establish a dictionary of (row, column):value pairs to mimic a two dimensional array. This can be easily expanded to more dimensions. Python3 has dictionary comprehension, making the process of creating a dictionary of this type easier.

I uploaded a module named [symboldict](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/symboldict) to the python package index (pypi). This snippet shows how to use it to create a dictionary of symbols from various modules. This dictionary can be used as a common language shared by several modules. It can be used to load python libraries in …

Shows you how to create multiple Tkinter buttons in a loop, each with its own name, label and command response.

The code shows you how to create a persistent to file dictionary of data using the python module shelve.

This code example shows how to create a dictionary with row,column indexed (r,c) key tuples from a typical list of lists 2D matrix. Also an example is shown of the ease of processing the resulting dictionary.

Here is capital letter style caesar crypted message. We can simply try all possible shifts for first few words (ignoring punctuations, which is left as is). If both first words succeed we assume we cracked it. You could also use Vigenère encryption, but keeping non-letters is less simple, our Vigenère …

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