brushing up python #2

gistfile1.py

storage = {}

storage["first"]={}
storage["middle"]={}
storage["last"]={}

me = "steve seung lim"
storage["first"]["steve"] = me
storage["middle"]["seung"] = me
storage["last"]["lim"] = me

wife = "annie haeseong kim"
storage["first"].setdefault("annie",[]).append(wife)
storage["middle"].setdefault("haeseong",[]).append(wife)
storage["last"].setdefault("kim",[]).append(wife)

def init(data):
	data["first"] = {}
	data["middle"] = {}
	data["last"] = {}
database = {}
init(database)
# print database

def lookup(data,label,name):
	return data[label].get(name)

def store(data, full_name):
	names = full_name.split()
	if len(names) == 2: names.insert(1,"")
	labels = "first", "middle", 'last'
	for label, name in zip(labels, names):
		people =lookup(database, label, name)
		if people:
			people.append(full_name)
		else:
			data[label][name]=[full_name]
store(storage, "chloe lim")

print storage