title: Hash Map in Python
body: <p>I want to implement a HashMap in Python.  I want to ask a user for an input. depending on his input I am retrieving some information from the HashMap. If the user enters a key of the HashMap,  I would like to retrieve the corresponding value.</p>
  
  <p>How do I implement this functionality in Python?</p>
  
  <pre><code>HashMap&lt;String,String&gt; streetno=new HashMap&lt;String,String&gt;();
     streetno.put("1", "Sachin Tendulkar");
     streetno.put("2", "Dravid");
     streetno.put("3","Sehwag");
     streetno.put("4","Laxman");
     streetno.put("5","Kohli")
  </code></pre>