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[Alan Gauld]

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On 16/02/2021 17:01, ੧ wrote:
> I have tried
>
> string = "Monday - 19, Tuesday - 20"
> Dict = dict((x.strip(), int(y.strip()))  
>              for x, y in (element.split('-')  
>              for element in string.split(', ')))
> print(Dict)
>  
> and
>
> string = "{'Monday': 19, 'Tuesday':20}"
> Dict = eval(string)
> print(Dict)
>
> Both give error
You are doing far more than you were asked and making life extremely
complex.
All you had to do was write one single line defining a dictionary.

See davbids reply to your original mail.

Also, please don't use eval() its very insecure and hardly ever needed
even by experts.


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