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Record = namedtuple('Record', 'computer_name ip_address id hist_item') 

class KeyedRecord(Record):
    __slots__ = ()
    def __getitem__(self, item):
        try:
            return getattr(self,item)
        except TypeError:
            return super(KeyedMatch, self).__getitem__(item)
          

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In [1]: class Mutable:
   ...:     def __init__(self,val=0):
   ...:         self.val = val
   ...:     def __iadd__(self, other):
   ...:         return Mutable(self.val + other.val)
   ...:

In [2]: m1 = Mutable(10)

In [3]: m2 = m1

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def split(n):
    if len(n) < 1:
        return '', ''
    first = n[0]
    rest = n[1:]
    a, b = split(rest)
    if first.islower() or first in ('_','.'):
        return first + a, b
    elif first.isupper() or first in (' ', '|'):
        return a, first + b

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# a list of lists is a perfectly sane container

a = [['Al', 'red', '1', '1', 'blue', 'green','', '65'], 
     ['Bill', 'yellow', '1', '2', 'blue', 'red','', '55'],
     ['Alice', 'pink', '1', '3', 'blue', 'green','', '66'],
     ['Fred', 'pink', '1', '4', 'orange', 'puce','', '65']]
      
# keep in mind, 0-based index is the python way      
print(a[1])
print(a[2][0])

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def f(arg1, arg2):
    global some_var # global directive
    some_var = arg1 + arg2

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list_of_patients = [['123456','321','John','Smith','P1','12/06/2017 03:34 PM', 'Loc 1', 'Panadol|Nurofen|Meloxicam'],['123336','311','Jane','Doe','P3','13/06/2017 03:34 PM', 'Loc 2', 'Asprin|Voltaren|Vitamin R']]
# note, we would ideally use a set for efficient look-up {'Asprin', 'Meloxicam', 'Nurofen'} 
list_of_medications = ['Asprin', 'Meloxicam', 'Nurofen']
for sub in list_of_patients:
    sub[7] = [s for s in sub[7].split('|') if s in list_of_medications]

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def numin_er(srch_string):
    def inner(mem):
        return srch_string.count(mem)
    return inner

sublist = ('x', 'str', 'a', 'pr')
string = "rprpraxp"

result = sum(map(numin_er(string), sublist))

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def sum1(a,b,c):
    global total
    total = a + b + c

def ar():
    sum1(1, 2, 3)
    print(total / 3)

ar()

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# your function works on a single element in your container
def converter(period):
    period = period.lower()
    if period[-1:] == "d":
        period_unit = 1
    elif period[-1:] == "w":
        period_unit = 7
    elif period[-1:] == "m":
        period_unit = 30
    elif period[-1:] == "y":

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def flatten(items):
    for item in items:
        if isinstance(item, list):
            yield from item
        else:
            yield item