opposite of dict.items()

[Peter Abel]

"Raymond Hettinger" <vze4rx4y at verizon.net> wrote in message news:<BbC3b.11252$v57.8126 at nwrdny02.gnilink.net>...
> [Tertius wrote]
> > > Is there a method to create a dict from a list of keys and a list of
> > > values ?
> 
> [Peter Otten]
> > >>> dict(zip(range(3), "abc"))
> > {0: 'a', 1: 'b', 2: 'c'}
> 
> 
> If you're using Py2.3, then the itertools way is a bit nicer:
> 
> >>> dict(itertools.izip(range(3), "abc"))
> {0: 'a', 1: 'b', 2: 'c'}
> 
> 
> Raymond Hettinger

I guess Py2.2 is nice too :-)
>>> dict(zip(range(3), "abc"))
{0: 'a', 1: 'b', 2: 'c'}

Regards
Peter