Python: how to build a dict from plain list of keys and values

Question

I have a list of values like:

[\"a\", 1, \"b\", 2, \"c\", 3]

and I would like to build such a dict from it:

{\"a\": 1, \"b\         


        

Answer 1

I don't really see many situations where you would run into this exact problem, so there is no 'natural' solution. A quick one liner that should do the trick for you would be however:

   {input_list[2*i]:input_list[2*i+1] for i in range(len(input_list)//2)}