Python Dictionaries

< Back to Glossary | Edit with Form

Python_Dictionaries Description: Python is a simple programming language. It contains the dictionary datatype, which is a simple key=value hierarchical database. Due to simple syntax, the datafed WCS uses it as a configuration file, instead of xml files or something similar.

Glossary Domain: WCS

Related Links

Links to this page
No Links

Contributors

No Contributors

History

No History Available

Term Details

This is a dictionary:

   {'key1':'value1', 'key2': 'value2' }

If there are multiple possible values for a key, list can be used. This is a list.

   ['loc_code', 'lat', 'lon']