Shows common types/objects from other languages and suggests a suitable python type/object.




These two tables to show some ''comparable'' collection types when transfering from another language to python.  It gives you a good place to look if nothing else.  

This first table shows the python object you might use if you would have used the other object in a previous language. 

||<colspan=5>'''Other Languages to Python'''||
 ||<bgcolor="#E0E0FF"> python||php||Java||C/C++||perl||
 ||<bgcolor="#E0E0FF"> list||array*||array||array||?||
 ||<bgcolor="#E0E0FF"> dictionary||array||hashmap||map||?||

*php array is more like a dictionary, but it can have numeric keys.<<BR>><<BR>>
And conversly if you were to try and replace something in python you can use the following Objects to mimic the python one.

||<colspan=5>'''Python to other languages'''||
 ||<bgcolor="#E0E0FF"> python||php||Java||C/C++||perl||
 ||<bgcolor="#E0E0FF"> list||array*||java.util.ArrayList<Object>||array||?||
 ||<bgcolor="#E0E0FF"> dictionary||array||HashMap<Object,Object>||Map||?||
 ||<bgcolor="#E0E0FF"> array.array||?||array||array||?||