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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.

Other Languages to Python

*php array is more like a dictionary, but it can have numeric keys.

And conversly if you were to try and replace something in python you can use the following Objects to mimic the python one.

Python to other languages


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