0001 # Example of Python dictionary (hashtable)
0002 #
0003 beauty = { # declare and initialize a dictionary object
0004    "沉鱼":"西施",
0005    "落雁":"昭君",
0006    "闭月":"貂蝉",
0007    "羞花":"玉环"
0008 }
0009 for (alias, name) in beauty.items() :
0010    print( " = (", alias,  ":", name, ")" )
0011 
0012 beauty["红颜"] = "圆圆"
0013 for (alias, name) in beauty.items() :
0014    print( " + (", alias,  ":", name, ")" )
0015 
0016 for (alias, name) in sorted( beauty.items() ) :
0017    print( " v (", alias,  ":", name, ")" )
0018 
0019 for alias in sorted( beauty.keys(), reverse = True ):
0020    print( " ^ (", alias,  ":", beauty[alias], ")" )