Best way to convert a list to a dictionary

[Justin Sheehy]

Michael Husmann <michael.husmann at teleatlas.com> writes:

> > > I have a list where each element is another list with two elements.
> > > What is the best way to convert this to a dictionary?
> >
> > Something like this would probably be simplest:
> >
> > d = {}
> > for k, v in your_list:
> >     d[k] = v

> This example looks nice bus does not work with my Python 1.52. Trying to
> get both elements from 'your_list' produces a TypeError exception:

Is your_list really what you described, a list where each element is
another list with two elements?

>>> your_list = [['a', 1], ['b', 2], ['c', 3]]
>>> d = {} 
>>> for k, v in your_list: 
...     d[k] = v 
... 
>>> d
{'b': 2, 'c': 3, 'a': 1}

I suspect that your list was ill-formed.

-Justin