Convert two lists into a dictionary

Question

Imagine that you have:

keys = [\'name\', \'age\', \'food\']
values = [\'Monty\', 42, \'spam\']

What is the simplest way to produce the foll

Answer 1

Solution as dictionary comprehension with enumerate:

dict = {item : values[index] for index, item in enumerate(keys)}

Solution as for loop with enumerate:

dict = {}
for index, item in enumerate(keys):
    dict[item] = values[index]