how to convert list of dict to dict

Question

How to convert list of dict to dict. Below is the list of dict

data = [{\'name\': \'John Doe\', \'age\': 37, \'sex\': \'M\'},
        {\'name\': \'Lisa Simp         


        

Answer 1

If the dicts wouldnt share key, then you could use:

dict((key,d[key]) for d in data for key in d)

Probably its better in your case to generate a dict with lists as values?

newdict={}
for k,v in [(key,d[key]) for d in data for key in d]:
  if k not in newdict: newdict[k]=[v]
  else: newdict[k].append(v)

This yields:

>>> newdict
`{'age': [37, 17, 57], 'name': ['John Doe', 'Lisa Simpson', 'Bill Clinton'], 'sex': ['M', 'F', 'M']}`