Ex39_Dictionary.py

# create a mapping of state to abbreviation
states = [
    'Oregon': 'OR',
    'Florida': 'FL',
    'California': 'CA',
    'New York': 'NY',
    'Michigan': 'MI'
]


# create a basic set of states and some cities in them
cities = [
    'CA': 'San Francisco',
    'MI': 'Detroit',
    'FL': 'Jacksonville'
]
# add some more cities
cities['NY'] = 'New York'
cities['OR'] = 'Portland'

# print out some cities
print '- ' * 10
print "NY State has: ", cities['NY']
print "OR State has: ", cities['OR']
# print some states
print '- ' * 10
print "Michigan's abbreviation is: ", states['Michigan']
print "Florida's abbreviation is: ", states['Florida']
# do it by using the state then cities dict
print '- ' * 10
print "Michigan has: ", cities[states['Michigan']]
print "Florida has: ", cities[states['Florida']]
# print every state abbreviation
print '- ' * 10
for state, abbrev in states.items():
    print "%s is abbreviated %s" % (state, abbrev)
# print every city in state
print '- ' * 10
for abbrev, city in cities.items():
    print "%s has the city %s" % (abbrev, city)
# now do both at the same time
print '- ' * 10
for state, abbrev in states.items():
    print "%s state is abbreviated %s and has city %s" % (
state, abbrev, cities[abbrev])
print '- ' * 10
# safely get an abbreviation by state that might not be there
state = states.get('Texas', None)
if not state:
    print "Sorry, no Texas."
# get a city with a default value
city = cities.get('TX', 'Does Not Exist')
print "The city for the state 'TX' is: %s" % city