Convert namedtuple to dictionary

[Peter Otten]

tripsvt at gmail.com wrote:

> Need suggestions.
> 
> Say, I have a namedtuple like this:
> 
> {'a': brucelee(x=123, y=321), 'b': brucelee('x'=123, 'y'=321)
> 
> I need to convert it to:
> 
> {'a': {'x':123, 'y': 321},'b': {'x':123, 'y': 321}}
> 
> Follow-up question --
> 
> Which would be easier to work with if I had to later extract/manipulate
> the 'x', 'y' values? The format (dicts) above or a list of values like
> this:
> 
> {'a': ['x':123, 'y': 321],'b': ['x':123, 'y': 321]}

One more:

>>> from collections import namedtuple
>>> brucelee = namedtuple("brucelee", "x y")
>>> def to_dict(n):
...     return dict(zip(n._fields, n))
... 
>>> data = {'a': brucelee(x=123, y=321), 'b': brucelee(x=123, y=321)}
>>> {k: to_dict(v) for k, v in data.items()}
{'a': {'y': 321, 'x': 123}, 'b': {'y': 321, 'x': 123}}