Simple way to convert a string to a dictionary

Question

What is the simplest way to convert a string of keyword=values to a dictionary, for example the following string:

name=\"John Smith\", age=34, height=173.2,          


        

Answer 1

do it step by step

d={}
mystring='name="John Smith", age=34, height=173.2, location="US", avatar=":,=)"';
s = mystring.split(", ")
for item in s:
    i=item.split("=",1)
    d[i[0]]=i[-1]
print d