Adding keys to a dictionary

[telgroc]

I have a string stored in a text file. I need to read the string into python as a list of dictionaries. The format of data in the text file (called "input.txt") is as follows:
<first name>,<last name>,<box number>,<house number>,<street>,<city>,<state>,<zipCode>,<GPA>

Then there are multiple students, which are just added as one long line.
The format that the information needs to be in when imported into python is as follows:
<first name>,<last name>,<box number>
<house number>,<street>,<city>,<state>,<zipCode>
<GPA>
so three lines per student, with commas between each of the fields.

Currently, the code I have is:

fh=open('input.txt','r')
line=fh.readline()
studentList=[]
while line!='':
    line=line.rstrip()
    fields=line.split(',')
    print fields #Here as a check to see what data is being processed
    studentList.append(fields)
    line=fh.readline()
print 'The studentList is,\n',studentList
studentDict={}
for n in range(0,11,3):
    firstName=studentList[n][0]
    studentDict=[firstName]
print studentDict 
fh.close()
 

But that just gives me

['Samuel', 'C.', 'Young', '9614']
['24', 'Overlook Park', 'Bethel', 'CT', '06801']
['3.04']
['Jacob', 'R.', 'Hintz', '1452']
['14', 'Main Street', 'Easton', 'PA', '18042']
['2.01']
['Chris', 'M.', 'Shafer', '8692']
['3', 'Cross Hill Road', ' Bethel', 'CT', '06801']
['2.89']
['Gerald', 'G.', 'Kenning', '7245']
['1', 'Irish Way', 'Palmer', 'PA', '18045']
['1.25']
The studentList is,
[['Samuel', 'C.', 'Young', '9614'], ['24', 'Overlook Park', 'Bethel', 'CT', '06801'], ['3.04'], ['Jacob', 'R.', 'Hintz', '1452'], ['14', 'Main Street', 'Easton', 'PA', '18042'], ['2.01'], ['Chris', 'M.', 'Shafer', '8692'], ['3', 'Cross Hill Road', ' Bethel', 'CT', '06801'], ['2.89'], ['Gerald', 'G.', 'Kenning', '7245'], ['1', 'Irish Way', 'Palmer', 'PA', '18045'], ['1.25']]
['Gerald']
 

So how do I convert these lists into a dictionary? Formatting of the dictionary should be along the lines of,

{'name':{'firstName':<firstName>,'lastName':<lastName>,'middleName':<middleName>},'boxNum':<boxNum>,'address':{'houseNum':<houseNum>,'streetName':<streetName>,'City':<city>,'state':<state>,'zipCode':<zipCode>},'GPA':<GPA>}

Thanks!

[boxfish]

This line of code
studentDict=[firstName]
seems wrong. You are assigning a list to studentDict, so studentDict is now a list. I didn't take a close enough look at your code to see what it's doing, but this is the syntax for adding an item to a dictionary:

myDict = {}
myDict["Key"] = "Item"
 

Now myDict is {"Key" : "Item"}.
I hope this is somewhat helpful.
Good luck.