>>>> a = ['a','b','c','d','e']
>>>> b = [1,2,3,4,5]
>>>> abdict = dict(zip(a,b))
>>>> abdict
> {'a': 1, 'c': 3, 'b': 2, 'e': 5, 'd': 4}
>
>
> Why is this weird iteration going on"
Dictionaries store their values in the most efficient way for key lookup
they do not store them in order. In fact the order can even change
over the life of the dictionary. Think of a dictionary being like a tree
rather than a list.
This is also why accessing data from a dictionary is often faster
than from a list.
Alan G
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