Convert a list to a dictionary in Python

Question

Let\'s say I have a list a in Python whose entries conveniently map to a dictionary. Each even element represents the key to the dictionary, and the following o

Answer 1

I am also very much interested to have a one-liner for this conversion, as far such a list is the default initializer for hashed in Perl.

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• python convert list to dictionary

Mine one I am newbie in Python), using Python 2.7 Generator Expressions, would be:

dict((a[i], a[i + 1]) for i in range(0, len(a) - 1, 2))