Python 2:
>>> k = ["a","b","c","d"]
>>> v = [232,343,543,23]
>>>
>>> zip(k,v)
[('a', 232), ('b', 343), ('c', 543), ('d', 23)]
>>>
>>> dict(zip(k,v))
{'a': 232, 'c': 543, 'b': 343, 'd': 23}
>>>
>>> d = dict(zip(k,v))
>>> d.items()
[('a', 232), ('c', 543), ('b', 343), ('d', 23)]
>>>
Python 3:
>>> k = ["a","b","c","d"]
>>> v = [232,343,543,23]
>>>
>>> zip(k,v)
<zip object at 0xb725640c>
>>>
>>> list(zip(k,v))
[('a', 232), ('b', 343), ('c', 543), ('d', 23)]
>>>
>>> dict(zip(k,v))
{'a': 232, 'c': 543, 'b': 343, 'd': 23}
>>>
>>> d = dict(zip(k,v))
>>>
>>> d.items()
dict_items([('a', 232), ('c', 543), ('b', 343), ('d', 23)])
>>>