How to store user input in Python and call it later?

Question

I want to make a program that remembers something and can show it later on - like A.I.

First, I will show the program the question, like "How are you today?" and I also teach it the answer "Fine , you?", something like that.

Second, when I ask the program "How are you today?" or "How are you?", it should know the answer.

So far, I have this:

print ("Salut ! Am nevoie de ajutorul tau sa invat cateva propozitii...")
print ("Crezi ca ma poti ajuta ?")
answer1 = input("da/nu")

if (answer1=="da"):
  print ("Bun , acum tu poti sa pui intrebarea si raspunsul")
  print ("Spre exemplu , Primul lucru la inceput de linie trebuie sa fie intrebarea urmata de *?* ")
  print ("Apoi , raspunsul pe care eu trebuie sa il dau.")
  print ("Exemplu : Intrebare= Ce faci ? Raspuns= Bine , mersi :D")
question= "asd"
while (question != "stop"):
  question = input("The question: ")
  answer = input("The answer= ")

What should I do to be able to store the question, the answer for the respective question, then, when I input something like "Password" or any specific word to be able to test if it knows to reply my questions?

Answer 1

Try a dictionary data structure. This structure allows fast retrieval of a value (answer) given a key (question). Here's a sample program and output:

# dictionary to store the question-answer pairs
qa = {}

# store a series of question/answer pairs
while True:
    question = input("add a question (or q to quit): ")

    if question == "q": 
        break

    answer = input("add the answer: ")
    qa[question] = answer
    
print("...")

# run the quiz
while True:
    question = input("ask me a question (or q to quit): ")

    if question == "q": 
        break
    elif question in qa:
        print(qa[question])
    else:
        print("i'm not sure...")

Sample run:

Python 3.6.1 (default, Dec 2015, 13:05:11)
[GCC 4.8.2] on linux

add a question (or q to quit):  what is the meaning of life?
add the answer:  42
add a question (or q to quit):  what is my password?
add the answer:  1234
add a question (or q to quit):  q
...
ask me a question (or q to quit):  what is the meaning of life?
42
ask me a question (or q to quit):  what is my password?
1234
ask me a question (or q to quit):  help?
i'm not sure...
ask me a question (or q to quit):  q
   

If you need to persist these questions beyond the program's run, write your qa dict to a file or store the questions and answers in a database such as SQLite.