phonebook = {} #empty dictionary, {} for dictionary [] for list phonebook["Jack"] = "1" phonebook["Nikos"] = "2" phonebook ["Fiona"] = "3" print phonebook["Jack"] #prints phone number of jack phonebookother = { #other way to open dictionary" "jack": "1", "nikos": "2", "fiona" : "3" } phonebook["John"] = "4" #adds element for key, value in phonebook.iteritems(): print key + "'s phone number is " + str(value) phonebook["Nikos"] = "7" #change number print phonebook["Nikos"] #reprint del phonebook["Fiona"] #deletes number for key, value in phonebook.iteritems(): print key + "'s phone number is " + str(value)