list 2 dict?

[Stefan Sonnenberg-Carstens]

Am 02.01.2011 14:18, schrieb Octavian Rasnita:
> Hi,
>
> If I want to create a dictionary from a list, is there a better way than the long line below?
>
> l = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 'a', 8, 'b']
>
> d = dict(zip([l[x] for x in range(len(l)) if x %2 == 0], [l[x] for x in range(len(l)) if x %2 == 1]))
>
> print(d)
>
> {8: 'b', 1: 2, 3: 4, 5: 6, 7: 'a'}
>
> Thanks.
>
> Octavian
>
Or so:

dict(zip((y for x,y in enumerate(l) if x%2==0),(y for x,y in 
enumerate(l) if not x%2==0)))