Getting ABAQUS element connectivities

elementConnectivity.py

from abaqus import *
from abaqusConstants import *
from odbAccess import *

odb = session.viewports[session.currentViewportName].displayedObject

instName = 'MALE'
elements = odb.rootAssembly.instances[instName].elements
foutName = 'elementConnectivity.txt'

# Get element connectivity (elements connect to nodes)
elemConn = {}
for elem in elements:
    e     = elem.label
    nconn = elem.connectivity
    for n in nconn:
        if not elemConn.has_key(n):
            elemConn[n] = []
        elemConn[n].append(e)
        
# Now get list of all neighbouring elements for each element
elemNbr = {}
for elem in elements:
    e     = elem.label
    nconn = elem.connectivity
    if not elemNbr.has_key(e):
        elemNbr[e] = {}
    for n in nconn:
        for ec in elemConn[n]:
            elemNbr[e][ec] = 1

# Delete element label from its keys of neighbours and convert to a list
for k in elemNbr.keys():
    del elemNbr[k][k]
    elemNbr[k] = elemNbr[k].keys() 
        
# Print to a file
fout = open(foutName,'w')
for k,v in sorted(elemNbr.items()):
    fout.write('%10d%s\n' % (k, "".join(['%10d' % (i) for i in v])))
fout.close()

Hi, i have a question, what is there in elemConn?
I thought element number as a key and the connected nodes as a values, is this correct?