Question

I need a data structure of this form:

   test_id1: resultValue, timeChecked
   test_id2: resultValue, timeChecked
   test_id3: resultValue, timeChecked
   test_id4: resultValue, timeChecked
   ...

up until now I have dealt with it by just using a dictionary with key value for the id and the result. But I would like to add the time I checked.
What would be the best way to do this? Can I make the value a tuple? Or is a new class better suited in this case?
What would my class need to look like to accommodate the above?

Answer 1

Can I make the value a tuple?

Yes, and I’m not really sure why you don’t want to. If it’s to make look-ups easier to read, you can even make the value another dictionary.

{"test_id1" : (resultValue, timeChecked)}

or

{"test_id1" : {"resultValue": resultValue, "timeChecked" : timeChecked }}

I think a whole new class is overkill for this situation.