ComparingTypes

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• Shows common types/objects from other languages and suggests a suitable python type/object.

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.

*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.