problem of converting a list to dict

[Reedick, Andrew]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: python-list-bounces+jr9445=att.com at python.org [mailto:python-
> list-bounces+jr9445=att.com at python.org] On Behalf Of Fredrik Lundh
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 2:39 PM
> To: python-list at python.org
> Subject: Re: problem of converting a list to dict
> 
> Louis.Soninhu at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> >> to see what's going on on your machine, try printing "a" after the
> >> split, but before you use it to populate the dictionary.
> >
> > 'print a' works
> 
> so what does it tell you?
> 

A bigger hint:
	a=i.split('=')
	print "'%s' splits into " % (i), a
	assert len(a) == 2
	mydict[a[0]]=a[1]