I wanted to know if the functionality I am trying to implement in python is possible. I have a global hash called Creatures. Creatures contain sub-hashes called mammals, amphibians, birds, insects. Mammals have sub-hashes called whales, elephants. Amphibians have sub-hashes called frogs, larvae. Birds have sub-hashes called Eagle, parakeet. Insects have sub-hashes called dragonfly, mosquito. Again, Eagles have sub-hashes called male, female. I am counting the frequencies of all these creatures from a text file. For example, if the file is in below format: Birds Eagle Female Mammals whales Male Birds Eagle Female I should output Creatures[Birds[Eagle[Female]]] = 2 Creatures[mammals[Whales[Male]]] = 1 Is it possible in Python? How can it be done? I am very new to Python and please help is much appreciated. I am comfortable with dictionaries only up to 1 level, i.e. key-> value. But here, there are multiple keys and multiple values. i am not sure how to proceed with this. I am using Python 2.6. Continue reading...
