dictionaries

[Batista, Facundo]

[Steven Bethard]

#- Right idea, wrong type.  From the docs at:
#- 
#- http://docs.python.org/lib/built-in-funcs.html
#- 
#- ] input( [prompt]) 
#- ] 
#- ]      Equivalent to eval(raw_input(prompt)). 
#- 
#- This means that when you use input, it will convert the "1" 
#- typed at the 
#- prompt to the integer 1.  So your code should either be:
#- 
#- >>> d = {1:function1, 2:function2}
#- >>> x = input("1 or 2? ")
#- 1 or 2? 1
#- >>> d[x]()
#- function1
#- >>>

Be aware of the serious security issue here!

If the user instead of insert "1", inserts "import os; os.remove(blah)"?

.	Facundo
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