Morse code

#!/usr/bin/env python

import pickle

message = ".... . .-.. .-.. --- / -.. .- .. .-.. -.-- / .--. .-. --- --. .-. .- -- -- . .-. / --. --- --- -.. / .-.. ..- -.-. -.- / --- -. / - .... . / -.-. .... .- .-.. .-.. . -. --. . ... / - --- -.. .- -.--"

target = open('pickled_morse.p','r+')

"pickled_morse.p is a serialized dictionary of a morse code alphabet, located at http://pastebin.com/mAkTxPRD"

morse = dict((v,k) for k, v in pickle.load(target).iteritems()) #{".-":"A"}
target.close()

def morse_to_string(msg):
    msg = msg.split()
    word = ''
    for item in msg:
        if item == "/":
            word += " "
            continue
        try:
            word += morse[item]
        except:
            print "Error - could not translate:\t%s" % item
    return word

if __name__ == "__main__":
    print morse_to_string(message)