python: getting element in a list

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def do_work():
  medications_subset2(b,['HYDROCODONE','MORPHINE','OXYCODONE'])

def medications_subset2(b,drugs_needed):
  MORPHINE=['ASTRAMORPH','AVINZA','CONTIN','DURAMORPH','INFUMORPH',
            'KADIAN','MS CONTIN','MSER','MSIR','ORAMORPH',
            'ORAMORPH SR','ROXANOL','ROXANOL 100']
  print drugs_needed[1][0]

how do i print ASTRAMORPH (this is the first element in MORPHINE)

i NEED to make use of drugs_needed, since this is being passed in from do_work

kennytm · Accepted Answer · 2010-07-28 17:47:11Z

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Can you define MORPHINE this way?

drugs = {
  'MORPHINE': ['ASTRAMORPH',...],
  'HYDROCODONE': [...],
  ...
}

then you can refer to it by

print ( drugs[drugs_needed[1]][0] )

answered Jul 28, 2010 at 17:47

kennytm

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Alex Gordon Over a year ago

thank you very much. using this would how can iterate on all drugs in the morphine class?

kennytm Over a year ago

@l: for drug in drugs[drugs_needed[1]]: ...

Alex Gordon Over a year ago

THANK YOU VERY MUCH GOOOOOOOOD SIR

Alex Gordon Over a year ago

can you help with this stackoverflow.com/questions/3356209/…

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