Beginning Programming with Python For Dummies

Chapter 13

Collecting All Sorts of Data

In This Chapter

Defining a collection

Using tuples

Using dictionaries

Developing stacks using lists

Using the queue module

Using the deque module

People collect all sorts of things. The CDs stacked near your entertainment center, the plates that are part of a series, baseball cards, and even the pens from every restaurant you’ve ever visited are all collections. The collections you encounter when you write applications are the same as the collections in the real world. A collection is simply a grouping of like items in one place and usually organized into some easily understood form.

This chapter is about collections of various sorts. The central idea behind every collection is to create an environment in which the collection is properly managed ...