convert string to dict using list comprehension

Question

I have came across this problem a few times and can\'t seem to figure out a simple solution. Say I have a string

string = \"a=0 b=1 c=3\"

I wan

Answer 1

from cgi import parse_qsl
text = "a=0 b=1 c=3"
dic = dict((k, int(v)) for k, v in parse_qsl(text.replace(' ', '&')))
print dic

prints

{'a': 0, 'c': 3, 'b': 1}