how to select an object from a list of objects by its attribute in python

Question

Apologies if this question has already been asked but I do not think I know the correct terminology to search for an appropriate solution through google.

I would like to

Answer 1

The terminology you need is 'map' or 'dictionnary' : this will lead you to the right page in the python doc.

Extremely basic example:

>>> a = {123:'dave', 345:'mike'}
>>> a[123]
'dave'