How to read in a file into a dictionary

Question

So what I need to do is read in the file \"clues.txt\" and store it into a dictionary... So far I have got it to store into a list but am struggling to do it with a dictionary..

Answer 1

Try this it will work according to the pattern of clues file you posted:

d = {}
with open("file.txt") as f:
    for line in f:
        (key, val) = line[1], line[0]
        d[key] = val

Try this for reading dictionary key value pairs and replacing symbols:

for word in range(len(words)):
    for key, value in d.items():
        words[word] = words[word].replace(key, value)

EDIT:

d = {}
def read_clues(clues):
    global d
    with open("hey.txt") as f:
        for line in f:
            (key, val) = line[1], line[0]
            d[key] = val


def replace_symbols(clues, words):
    global d
    for word in range(len(words)):
        for key, value in d.items():
            words[word] = words[word].replace(key, value)

Just put this code in a .py file and run it, it will work. What you are doing is you are trying to call a local variable d outside of its scope that is why you were getting the error now I have made that d variable global.

#REPLACES LETTERS 
print("======== The clues have been replaced ===========")
replace_symbols(clues, words) 
for key, value in d.items():
    print key, value #This will print the symbols and letters