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	A dictionary in Python is like a hash in Perl. In Perl, variables which store hashes always start with a % character; in Python, variables can be named anything, and Python keeps track of the datatype internally.

	A dictionary in Python is like an instance of the Hashtable class in Java.

	A dictionary in Python is like an instance of the Scripting.Dictionary object in Visual Basic.

more explanation about dictionaries could found here ..

This is a snip of code which i have wrote that using dictionaries to save a simple database in dictionaries ..

#! /usr/bin/python

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#Simple Database With Dictionaries
__author__="Gepenk"
__date__ ="$Aug 1, 2010 2:44:53 AM$"

if __name__ == "__main__":
people = {
'Alice' : {
'phone' : '2314',
'addr' : 'bedugul 21'
},
'Bowo' : {
'phone' : '5215',
'addr'  : 'balirejo 56'
},
'Echa' :  {
'phone' : '5653',
'addr' : 'tuntungan 132'
}
}

name = raw_input('Please Enter Your Name :')
if name in people:
print "%s , Phone : %s, Address: %s" % (name, people[name]['phone'], people[name]['addr'])
else:
print 'Cannot Found People'

If you type ‘Bowo’ the program would show output : Bowo , Phone : 5215, Address: balirejo 56

Oke geek , you can try the code an smiling ..

Happy Coding