2009/9/24 Ahmed Shamim <partha.sha...@gmail.com>:
> list = [ 'a', '1', 'b', '2']
> what would be the logic, if I input a to get output 1.

Turn it into a dictionary first:

>>> mylist = [ 'a', '1', 'b', '2']
>>> mydict = dict(zip(mylist[::2], mylist[1::2]))
>>> mydict['a']
'1'

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