For the tuple, t = ((1, 'a'),(2, 'b'))
dict(t) returns {1: 'a', 2: 'b'}
Is there a good way to get {'a': 1, 'b': 2} (keys and vals swapped)?
Ultimately, I want to be able to return 1 given 'a' or 2 given 'b', perhaps converting to a dict is not the best way.
6 Answers
Try:
>>> t = ((1, 'a'),(2, 'b'))
>>> dict((y, x) for x, y in t)
{'a': 1, 'b': 2}
A slightly simpler method:
>>> t = ((1, 'a'),(2, 'b'))
>>> dict(map(reversed, t))
{'a': 1, 'b': 2}
Even more concise if you are on python 2.7:
>>> t = ((1,'a'),(2,'b'))
>>> {y:x for x,y in t}
{'a':1, 'b':2}
>>> dict([('hi','goodbye')])
{'hi': 'goodbye'}
Or:
>>> [ dict([i]) for i in (('CSCO', 21.14), ('CSCO', 21.14), ('CSCO', 21.14), ('CSCO', 21.14)) ]
[{'CSCO': 21.14}, {'CSCO': 21.14}, {'CSCO': 21.14}, {'CSCO': 21.14}]
If there are multiple values for the same key, the following code will append those values to a list corresponding to their key,
d = dict()
for x,y in t:
if(d.has_key(y)):
d[y].append(x)
else:
d[y] = [x]
Here are couple ways of doing it:
>>> t = ((1, 'a'), (2, 'b'))
>>> # using reversed function
>>> dict(reversed(i) for i in t)
{'a': 1, 'b': 2}
>>> # using slice operator
>>> dict(i[::-1] for i in t)
{'a': 1, 'b': 2}
