[Tutor] map & lambda to create dictionary from lists?

[Danny Yoo]

On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Danny Yoo wrote:
> I'm not sure if this is better; tell me what you think of this approach:
> 
> ###
> def itemsToDict(items):
>     dict = {}
>     for key, value in items:
>         dict[key] = value

Doh!  That's what I get for not checking my code.  I meant to write:

###
def itemsToDict(items):
    dict = {}
    for key, value in items:
        dict[key] = value
    return dict
###

I had forgotten to return the dictionary back to the user.  Sorry about
that.