Storing multiple data in one variable? [SOLVED]

[ketskari]

Basically, I want to be able to change the string, like so:

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$ fruit = "apple"

Where "apple" also has a value. 1 might indicate it's edible, 2 might indicate it's overripe and 3 might indicate it's rotten, for instance.

So, a bunch of fruit might have data like this:

Fruit
"apple" 1
"orange" 3
"pear" 1
cantaloupe 2

How do I do this? Or what is this called so I can look it up?

Thanks.

[Alex]

You can use a dictionary to store information about each fruit and a list to store all the fruits, like

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inventory_list = [ {"name":"apple", "condition":1}, {"name":"orange", "condition":3} ]

https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/datastructures.html

[ketskari]

Thanks so much!