List to dict conversion

[Wujek]

Hi!

From list:

l ['key1:val1', 'key2:val2']

I want dict: d {'key2': 'val2', 'key1': 'val1'}

Is there any better (faster, simplier, prettier?) solution than this? for line in l:

.... spl=line.split(':')
.... d[spl[0]] = spl[1]
Regards.

[Alex Martelli]

Wujek wrote:

Hi!

From list:

>>> l ['key1:val1', 'key2:val2']

I want dict: >>> d {'key2': 'val2', 'key1': 'val1'}

Is there any better (faster, simplier, prettier?) solution than this? >>> for line in l:

... spl=line.split(':')
... d[spl[0]] = spl[1]

d = dict([ x.split(':') for x in l ])

should work just the same way as your loop -- perhaps marginally
faster (try both with timeit.py, of course, if it DOES matter...!),
and "simpler" and "prettier" are in the eyes of the beholders.
Alex

[Gerrit Holl]

<quote name="Wujek" date="1065176228" email="wu***@wujek.com">

Hi!

From list:

l ['key1:val1', 'key2:val2']

I want dict: d {'key2': 'val2', 'key1': 'val1'}

Is there any better (faster, simplier, prettier?) solution than this? for line in l:

... spl=line.split(':')
... d[spl[0]] = spl[1]

</quote>

How about:
dict([s.split(':') for s in l])

Don't know if it's faster, simplier or prettier, but I find it easier to read.
This may not be the case if you aren't familiar with list comprehensions, though.

Gerrit.

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[Wujek]

Gerrit Holl wrote:

How about:
dict([s.split(':') for s in l])

Don't know if it's faster, simplier or prettier, but I find it easier to read.
This may not be the case if you aren't familiar with list comprehensions, though.

No, I like it. Thank you (and Alex too).

Regards.

[Emile van Sebille]

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Hi!

From list:

>>> l ['key1:val1', 'key2:val2']

I want dict: >>> d

{'key2': 'val2', 'key1': 'val1'}

Guessing that this may have been read from a file, you may also be
interested in looking at ConfigParser. From the module:

DESCRIPTION
A setup file consists of sections, lead by a "[section]" header,
and followed by "name: value" entries, with continuations and such in
the style of RFC 822.

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Emile van Sebille
em***@fenx.com

[Wujek]

Emile van Sebille wrote:

Guessing that this may have been read from a file, you may also be
Indeed.
interested in looking at ConfigParser. From the module:

Data will be read from number of small files. ConfigParser is too big
gun for this fly, I think. This oneliner (from previous posts in this
thread) is much better for this task.

Regards.