element = {} string = {} string[0] = 'Li' string[1] = 'Cs' string[2] = 'H_' string[3] = 'P-' string[4] = 'CA' string[5] = 'N_' string[6] = 'H_' element[0] = 'H_' element[1] = 'He' element[2] = 'Li' element[3] = 'Be' element[4] = 'B_' element[5] = 'C_' element[6] = 'N_' element[7] = 'O_' element[8] = 'F_' element[9] = 'Ne' element[10] = 'Na' element[11] = 'Mg' element[12] = 'Al' element[13] = 'Si' element[14] = 'P_' element[15] = 'S_' element[16] = 'Cl' element[17] = 'Ar' element[18] = 'K_' element[19] = 'Ca' ptval = {} ptval[0] = '001' ptval[1] = '002' ptval[2] = '003' ptval[3] = '004' ptval[4] = '005' ptval[5] = '006' ptval[6] = '007' ptval[7] = '008' ptval[8] = '009' ptval[9] = '010' ptval[10] = '010' ptval[11] = '011' ptval[12] = '012' ptval[13] = '013' ptval[14] = '014' ptval[15] = '015' ptval[16] = '016' ptval[17] = '017' ptval[18] = '018' ptval[19] = '019' for i,v in element.iteritems(): for j,w in string.iteritems(): if v == w: print ptval[j] ## for k,x in ptval.iteritems(): ## v=ptval[x] ## print x