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Replies for: This is just too magical, and hard to understand. items_by_type = {} for item in items: items_by_type.setdefault(item.type, list()).append(it...

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Waylon Walker • • Edited

Diddo the swap from

for i in range(len(items)):
   ...

to

for item in items:
   ...
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Micheal Ojemoron •

you are absolutely right, I have updated the code. Thanks