data read from a text file into two lists in python -

my text file format is:

apple      healthy orange     tangy , juicy banana     yellow in color , yummy 

i need create either 2 lists:

l1 = ['apple','orange','banana'] l2=['very healthy','tangy , juicy','yellow in color , yummy'] 

or convert values dictionary:

d1={'apple':'very healthy','orange':'tangy , juicy','banana':'yellow in color , yummy'} 

the first 2 columns in file separated tab.

i tried following code change 2 lists , convert dictionary:

l1=[] l2=[] d={} read_file=open('edges.txt','r') split= [line.strip() line in read_file] line in split:     l1.append(line.split('\t')[0])     l2.append(line.split('\t')[1:]) d=dict(zip(l1,l2)) print d 

i getting incorrect values. newbie python..

line.split('\t') returns list, , line.split('\t')[0] returns first element of list ('apple', 'orange', 'banana').

l2.append(line.split('\t')[1:] returns list because [1:] slice. maybe want l2.append(line.split('\t')[1] instead?

i couldn't resist rewriting code:

d={} line in open('edges.txt','r'):     split = line.strip().split('\t', 1)     d[split[0]] = split[1] print d