a basket of python tips

python_cookies.py

#input and raw_input
def input(prompt):
    return (eval(raw_input(prompt)))

#convert one-dimensional list to dictionary
dict(enumerate(list))

#bidict one-to-one mapping data structure
b = bidict(dict)
b[key]
b[value]

#print str and int one time
print 'I am ' + repr(24) + ' old'
print 'I am ' + `24` + ' old'

#dict style interpolation
print("Executing on %(host)s as %(user)s" % env)

#encoding declare
# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-