#!/usr/bin/env python import os QP_ROOT=os.environ["QP_ROOT"] name_to_elec = {} with open(QP_ROOT+"/data/list_element.txt","r") as f: data = f.readlines() for line in data: b = line.split() name_to_elec[b[1]] = int(b[0]) if __name__ == '__main__': print name_to_elec