dictionary keys

[mcmxl22]

How do I get multiple keys in a dictionary to point to one item?
I keep getting key errors when I call more than one key.
I want two dics where all the keys in one point to item '1' and all the keys in the other point to item '2'.
I will then convert items '1' and '2' to ints so I can sum them and use the sum as a boolean check(3 = True).

names = {'Taft':'1', 'Wilson':'1', 'Cleveland':'1'}
print names['Taft', 'Wilson']

Error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "nav.py", line 3, in <module>
   print names['Taft', 'Wilson']
KeyError: ('Taft', 'Wilson')

[ichabod801]

Well, all your keys do point to the same item (or that is, items that are all equal to each other). You're just printing them wrong:

for dude in ['Taft', 'Wilson']:
    print names[dude]

A defaultdict from the collections module would be easier for this. However, if you what you want to do is find the keys in both dictionaries, use sets instead:

>>> x = set(range(5))
>>> y = set(range(1, 8))
>>> x.intersection(y)
set([1, 2, 3, 4])

[mcmxl22]

direct = raw_input('Enter a street name.\n> ')

names = {'Taft':'1', 'Wilson':'1', 'Cleveland':'1'}

I need the output to look like this.

Output:
Enter a street name.
> Taft
1

[ichabod801]

names[direct]