In PHP I can name my array indices so that I may have something like:
$shows = Array(0 => Array('id' => 1, 'name' => 'Sesame Street'), 1 => Array('id' => 2, 'name' => 'Dora The Explorer'));
Is this possible in Python?
This sounds like the PHP array using named indices is very similar to a python dict:
shows = [ {"id": 1, "name": "Sesaeme Street"}, {"id": 2, "name": "Dora The Explorer"}, ]
See http://docs.python.org/tutorial/datastructures.html#dictionaries for more on this.
PHP arrays are actually maps, which is equivalent to dicts in Python.
Thus, this is the Python equivalent:
showlist = [{'id':1, 'name':'Sesaeme Street'}, {'id':2, 'name':'Dora the Explorer'}]
Sorting example:
from operator import attrgetter showlist.sort(key=attrgetter('id'))
BUT! With the example you provided, a simpler datastructure would be better:
shows = {1: 'Sesame Street', 2:'Dora the Explorer'}
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