Python help with module function return dictionary

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How do you attach or send a file here? I cant seem to find it in here [Image: huh.png]

I posted only the function which is supposed to do the job.

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import sys
import pprint

def get_data(f):
    data = f.read().split()
    ecoli = dict()
    e_name = None

    for row in data:
        if row.startswith(">"):
            e_name = row.strip(">")
            ecoli[e_name] = ""
        else:
            ecoli[e_name] = "{}{}".format(ecoli[e_name], row)

    return ecoli

def main():

    with open("ecoli.txt") as in_file:
        pprint.pprint(get_data(in_file))

if __name__ == '__main__':
    sys.exit(main())

Try @Larz60's solution first. He is a real programmer. I code for fun. :surfing: