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reversing a dictionary
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dictionary.py
def reverseDict(somedict):
newdict = {}
for each in somedict:
for one in somedict[each]:
newdict[one] = each
return newdict
something = {'Bob':['Harry','Jenkins', 'Onion', 'Fred', 'Earl', 'Sam'],
'Wayne':['Wallace', 'David', 'Eel', 'Perkins', 'Fruit', 'Angela'],
'Jeff':['Aaron', 'Cameron', 'Keith', 'Winston', 'Geoff', 'Wayne']
}
newone = reverseDict(something)
print newone['Harry']
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