Convert a list to a dictionary in Python

Question

Let\'s say I have a list a in Python whose entries conveniently map to a dictionary. Each even element represents the key to the dictionary, and the following o

Answer 1

You can also do it like this (string to list conversion here, then conversion to a dictionary)

    string_list = """
    Hello World
    Goodbye Night
    Great Day
    Final Sunset
    """.split()

    string_list = dict(zip(string_list[::2],string_list[1::2]))

    print string_list