[Tutor] FW: python dictionary and loop

[Prasad, Ramit]

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>Okay thanks for clarifying that that code doesn't split anything. I've been playing around a little bit. I think this is closer to what I am trying to do:
>>>>paragraph = 'This is line one\nLet me show you how'
>>>> paragraph.split('\n')
>['This is line one', 'Let me show you how']
>>>> first_sentence,second_sentence = paragraph.split('\n')
>>>> d = {first_sentence:second_sentence}
>>>> d
>{'This is line one': 'Let me show you how'}
># wouldn't the above code capture what I am trying to do as far as split the string 'paragraph' into two sentences and then create a dictionary {d} that will separate the two sentences so that one sentence {first_sentence} represents a key value and the other sentence {second_sentence} represents the value of the key? 


Yes. it does seem to. What is the reason that you want to do this though?
I usually use this when loading some tabular data like from a csv/Excel file. 

Not sure I see the point when done for a 'paragraph'. 

Ramit


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