Convert list of strings to dictionary

Question

I have a list

[\'Tests run: 1\', \' Failures: 0\', \' Errors: 0\']

I would like to convert it to a dictionary as

{\'Tests r         


        

Answer 1

Use:

a = ['Tests run: 1', ' Failures: 0', ' Errors: 0']

d = {}
for b in a:
    i = b.split(': ')
    d[i[0]] = i[1]

print d

returns:

{' Failures': '0', 'Tests run': '1', ' Errors': '0'}

If you want integers, change the assignment in:

d[i[0]] = int(i[1])

This will give:

{' Failures': 0, 'Tests run': 1, ' Errors': 0}