[Tutor] create dict from 2 lists

[Karl Pflästerer]

On  2 Apr 2004, Gregor Lingl <- glingl at aon.at wrote:

> BRINER Cedric schrieb:

>> Is the simpliest way to do this, is to do :
>> p={}
>> for i in range(len(keys)):
>>   p[keys[i]]=values[i]

>> or is there a hidded function which do this?

> You could use the non-hidden function zip:
> (See: Python Library Reference 2.1)

>  >>> keys=[1,2,3,4]
>  >>> values=[11,22,33,44]
>  >>> p={}
>  >>> for key,value in zip(keys,values):
>     p[key]=value
>   >>> p
> {1: 11, 2: 22, 3: 33, 4: 44}

> Regards, Gregor

You don't even need a loop for that.

>>> keys=[1,2,3,4]
>>> values=[11,22,33,44]
>>> dict(zip(keys, values))
{1: 11, 2: 22, 3: 33, 4: 44}



   Karl
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