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Hi, I'm new to this forums.
I'm currently learning python from LPTHW and i'm getting this SyntaxError on ex39.py
python ex39.py

File "ex39.py", line 3
"Oregon":"OR",
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

here is my code.
# create a mapping of state to abreviation
states = [
"Oregon":"OR",
"Florida": "FL",
"California": "CA",
"New York": "NY",
"Michigan": "MI"
]

# create a basic set of states and some cities in them
cities = [
"CA": "San Francisco",
"MI": "Detroit",
"FL": "Jacksonville"
]

# add some more cities
cities["NY"] = "New York"
cities["OR"] = "Portland"

#print out some cities
print "-" * 10
print "NY state has: ", cities["NY"]
print "OR state has: ", cities["OR"]

# print some states
print "-" * 10
print "Michigan's abbreviation is: ", states["Michigan"]
print "Florida's abbreviation is: ", states["Florida"]

# do it by using the states then cities dict
print "-" * 10
print "Michigan has: ", cities[states["Michigan"]]
print "Florida has: ", cities[states["Florida"]]

# print every state abreviation
print "-" * 10
for state, abbrev in states.items():
print "%s is abbreviated %s", % (state, abbrev)

# print every city in state
print "-" * 10
for abbrev, city in cities.items():
print "%s has the city %s" % (abbrev, city)

# now do both at the same time
print "-" * 10
for state, abbrev in states.items():
print "%s state is abbreviated %s and has city %s" % (
state, abbrev, cities[abbrev])

print "-" * 10
# safely get an abreviation by state that might not be there
state = states.get("Texas", None)

if not state:
print "Sorry, no Texas."

# get a city with a default value
city = cities.get("TX", "Does Not Exist")
print "The city for the state 'TX' is: %s" % city
 
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For your dictionaries, you need to enclose them in curly brackets {}, NOT square brackets [].
e.g.
Python:
# create a mapping of state to abreviation
states = {
"Oregon": "OR",
"Florida": "FL",
"California": "CA",
"New York": "NY",
"Michigan": "MI"
}

Also, in the print statement in the block of code under the "#print every state abbreviation" comment:
Python:
print "%s is abbreviated %s", % (state, abbrev)
There is a rogue comma , before the %(state, abbrev) part at the end of the line.

Other than that, the code looks good to me.

Here's how your code should look (inside code tags and with fixes applied):

Python:
#!/usr/bin/env python2

# create a mapping of state to abreviation
states = {
"Oregon": "OR",
"Florida": "FL",
"California": "CA",
"New York": "NY",
"Michigan": "MI"
}

# create a basic set of states and some cities in them
cities = {
"CA": "San Francisco",
"MI": "Detroit",
"FL": "Jacksonville"
}

# add some more cities
cities["NY"] = "New York"
cities["OR"] = "Portland"

#print out some cities
print "-" * 10
print "NY state has: ", cities["NY"]
print "OR state has: ", cities["OR"]

# print some states
print "-" * 10
print "Michigan's abbreviation is: ", states["Michigan"]
print "Florida's abbreviation is: ", states["Florida"]

# do it by using the states then cities dict
print "-" * 10
print "Michigan has: ", cities[states["Michigan"]]
print "Florida has: ", cities[states["Florida"]]

# print every state abreviation
print "-" * 10
for state, abbrev in states.items():
    print "%s is abbreviated %s" % (state, abbrev)

# print every city in state
print "-" * 10
for abbrev, city in cities.items():
    print "%s has the city %s" % (abbrev, city)

# now do both at the same time
print "-" * 10
for state, abbrev in states.items():
    print "%s state is abbreviated %s and has city %s" % (
    state, abbrev, cities[abbrev])

print "-" * 10
# safely get an abreviation by state that might not be there
state = states.get("Texas", None)

if not state:
    print "Sorry, no Texas."

# get a city with a default value
city = cities.get("TX", "Does Not Exist")
print "The city for the state 'TX' is: %s" % city

I hope this has helped!

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