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

Try this

In [35]: a = ['Tests run: 1', ' Failures: 0', ' Errors: 0']

In [36]: {i.split(':')[0]: int(i.split(':')[1]) for i in a}
Out[36]: {'Tests run': 1, ' Failures': 0, ' Errors': 0}

In [37]: