#!/usr/local/env python2
>>> x = [1,2]
>>> y = [5,6]
>>> xy = zip(x,y)
>>> type(xy)
<type 'list'>
>>> print xy
[(1, 5), (2, 6)]
>>> print dict(xy)
{1: 5, 2: 6}
#!/usr/local/env python2
>>> x = [1,2]
>>> y = [5,6]
>>> xy = zip(x,y)
>>> type(xy)
<type 'list'>
>>> print xy
[(1, 5), (2, 6)]
>>> print dict(xy)
{1: 5, 2: 6}