Reverse / invert a dictionary mapping

Question

Given a dictionary like so:

my_map = {\'a\': 1, \'b\': 2}

How can one invert this map to get:

inv_map = {1: \'a\', 2: \'b\'         


        

Answer 1

  def reverse_dictionary(input_dict):
      out = {}
      for v in input_dict.values():  
          for value in v:
              if value not in out:
                  out[value.lower()] = []

      for i in input_dict:
          for j in out:
              if j in map (lambda x : x.lower(),input_dict[i]):
                  out[j].append(i.lower())
                  out[j].sort()
      return out

this code do like this:

r = reverse_dictionary({'Accurate': ['exact', 'precise'], 'exact': ['precise'], 'astute': ['Smart', 'clever'], 'smart': ['clever', 'bright', 'talented']})

print(r)

{'precise': ['accurate', 'exact'], 'clever': ['astute', 'smart'], 'talented': ['smart'], 'bright': ['smart'], 'exact': ['accurate'], 'smart': ['astute']}