Hash Map in Python

Question

I want to implement a HashMap in Python. I want to ask a user for an input. depending on his input I am retrieving some information from the HashMap. If the user enters a key of the HashMap, I would like to retrieve the corresponding value.

How do I implement this functionality in Python?

HashMap<String,String> streetno=new HashMap<String,String>();
   streetno.put("1", "Sachin Tendulkar");
   streetno.put("2", "Dravid");
   streetno.put("3","Sehwag");
   streetno.put("4","Laxman");
   streetno.put("5","Kohli")

Answer 1

Python dictionary is a built-in type that supports key-value pairs.

streetno = {"1": "Sachin Tendulkar", "2": "Dravid", "3": "Sehwag", "4": "Laxman", "5": "Kohli"}

as well as using the dict keyword:

streetno = dict({"1": "Sachin Tendulkar", "2": "Dravid"}) 

or:

streetno = {}
streetno["1"] = "Sachin Tendulkar" 

Answer 2

All you wanted (at the time the question was originally asked) was a hint. Here's a hint: In Python, you can use dictionaries.

Answer 3

It's built-in for Python. See dictionaries.

Based on your example:

streetno = {"1": "Sachine Tendulkar",
            "2": "Dravid",
            "3": "Sehwag",
            "4": "Laxman",
            "5": "Kohli" }

You could then access it like so:

sachine = streetno["1"]

Also worth mentioning: it can use any non-mutable data type as a key. That is, it can use a tuple, boolean, or string as a key.