> I was wondering how i could parse the contents of a file into an array.
> the file would look something like this:
>
> gif:image/gif
> html:text/html
> jpg:image/jpeg
Try something like this:
d = {}
for line in open("input.txt").readlines():
ext, mime = line.strip().split(":")
d[ext] = mim
> Note, however, that there are more pythonic ways to perform this task.
> You might try:
>
> for index in range(len(fruit)):
>letter = fruit[-index-1]
>print letter
Or, if you're *really* just trying to reverse the string, then the
following might read more easily (although it's probably
