How do I assign values to items in a list?

Question

I'm unable to determine an easy way to have a list with values assigned to each item in the list, where when an item is called the value will be printed.

I've tried to use tuples in a list, such as foo = [('bar', 1), ('baz', 2)], and then calling foo[1], but instead of doing 2, it goes ('baz', 2).

>>> foo = [('bar', 1), ('baz', 2)]`
>>> foo[1]
or
>>> foo[1[1]]

Neither seems to work. The former calling method emits (baz, 2) and the latter produces an error.

Is there a different way to do this? Or is this correct, but I'm doing something wrong?

it sounds like you need to use a dictionary instead of a list — gold_cy, Jan 12 '19 at 00:21
[Dictionaries](https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/datastructures.html#dictionaries) are designed to associate keys to values, whereas lists simply store data in order. — Silvio Mayolo, Jan 12 '19 at 00:21

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 12 '19 at 00:22

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I think you're looking for this:

foo[1][1]

This will give you second element of the list, and second element of your tuple. Hope this helps!

answered Jan 12 '19 at 00:22

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Thank you, this is what I was looking for. – Blue-Maned Hawk Jan 12 '19 at 00:39

How do I assign values to items in a list?

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