get python dictionary from string containing key value pairs

Question

i have a python string in the format:

str = \"name: srek age :24 description: blah blah\"

is there any way to convert it to dictionary th

Answer 1

without re:

r = "name: srek age :24 description: blah blah cat: dog stack:overflow"
lis=r.split(':')
dic={}
try :
 for i,x in enumerate(reversed(lis)):
    i+=1
    slast=lis[-(i+1)]
    slast=slast.split()
    dic[slast[-1]]=x

    lis[-(i+1)]=" ".join(slast[:-1])
except IndexError:pass    
print(dic)

{'age': '24', 'description': 'blah blah', 'stack': 'overflow', 'name': 'srek', 'cat': 'dog'}