Oh my gawd how easy some things will be, just look at this Python example of a telephone list:

tel = {'jack': 4098, 'sape': 4139}
tel['guido'] = 4127
tel
{'sape': 4139, 'guido': 4127, 'jack': 4098}
tel['jack']
4098
del tel['sape']
tel['irv'] = 4127
tel
{'guido': 4127, 'irv': 4127, 'jack': 4098}
tel.keys()
['guido', 'irv', 'jack']
tel.has_key('guido')
1

Now... how do you add an item? Should be SIMPLE! Remember that # is the new one-liner comment.

itemlist['PheonixDown'] = 1
itemlist['Potion'] = 3
itemlist
{'PheonixDown': 1, 'Potion': 3}
itemlist['Potion']
3

For those who haven't read Python yet, the might seem confusing. However, lists are very useful for items (imho) there might be a better way, but for Confluence I've pre-coded something I don't know if it works, but here is how to add an item in the code:

def additem(itemname, itemqty=1)
itemlist['itemname'] = itemqty

I add 4 potions by typing:

additem('Potion',4)

I'm making a delete function as well, that will be as easy as this (taking away 2 potions):

delitem('Potion',2)


I am no genius in Python, I'm just starting, but this is just one aspect of the item list on how Python is golden for it. Any corrections? Errata? Flaming? Be my guest, just reply. I want to know if I have coded this incorrectly.

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It's a bit of a pain *cough*SoulBain*cough*, ^_^ but you can use &nbsp where you want to indent.

def blah(x):
   DoSomething()

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def additem(itemname, itemqty=1)
   itemlist['itemname'] = itemqty

Should be:

def additem(itemname, itemqty=1)
   itemlist[itemname] = itemqty

But I would do this instead:

def additem(itemname, itemqty=1)
   if itemlist.has_key[itemname]:
      itemlist[itemname]+=itemqty
   else
      itemlist['itemname'] = itemqty

itemlist.has_key[itemname] will return true if there's already itemname's in your inventory, so you just increment the value instead. If not, then you create a new key by assigning it flat out. :)

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