[Tutor] list of dicts <-> dict of lists?

[David Perlman]

Aha, now this is the clever solution that I didn't find "outside the  
box".  :)

On May 28, 2010, at 2:33 AM, Peter Otten wrote:

> I think it's simpler and therefore more appropriate to use a normal
> csv.writer here:
>
>>>> import csv
>>>> import sys
>>>> data = {'a': [1, 2, 3], 'c': [7, 8, 9], 'b': [4, 5, 6]}
>>>> writer = csv.writer(sys.stdout)
>>>> writer.writerow(data.keys())
> a,c,b
>>>> writer.writerows(zip(*data.values()))
> 1,7,4
> 2,8,5
> 3,9,6
>
> Peter

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