m = {} print type(m) m = {"fo": "apple", "bo", "kiwi"} File "", line 1 ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax m = {"fo": "apple", "bo":"kiwi"} m = {"fo": "apple", "bo", "kiwi"} print m {'bo': 'kiwi', 'fo': 'apple'} print type(m) m["flo"] = 'kiwi' print m {'bo': 'kiwi', 'flo': 'kiwi', 'fo': 'apple'} m['fo'] = 'lemon' print m {'bo': 'kiwi', 'flo': 'kiwi', 'fo': 'lemon'} print m.keys() ['bo', 'flo', 'fo'] print m.values() ['kiwi', 'kiwi', 'lemon'] print m.items() [('bo', 'kiwi'), ('flo', 'kiwi'), ('fo', 'lemon')] print m.iteritems() for w in m.iteritems(): print w ('bo', 'kiwi') ('flo', 'kiwi') ('fo', 'lemon') for key in m.keys(): print key, m[key] bo kiwi flo kiwi fo lemon