input: 
  def edit_program_to_dict(items: list) -> dict:
      """ Edits the given list to use a dictionary instead.
      Each item in the list is used as the key and assigned a string value.
      
      >>> edit_program_to_dict([1, 2, 3, 4])
      {1: 'one', 2: 'two', 3: 'three', 4: 'four'}
      """
      return {item: 'one' if item == 1 else 'two' if item == 2 else 'three' if item == 3 else 'four' for item in items}
  
output:     return {item: 'one' if item == 1 else 'two' if item == 2 else 'three' if item == 3 else 'four' for item in items}