convert list of dicts to list

Question

I have a list of fields in this form

fields = [{\'name\':\'count\', \'label\':\'Count\'},{\'name\':\'type\', \'label\':\'Type\'}]

I\'d like

Answer 1

You can use a list comprehension:

>>> fields = [{'name':'count', 'label':'Count'},{'name':'type', 'label':'Type'}]
>>> [f['name'] for f in fields]
['count', 'type']