python: How to pair separated dictionaries?

Question

name_list=['Tomas', 'Mina', 'John', 'Amy']
gender_list=['Male', 'Female', 'Male', 'Female']

How to create a dictionary variable that contains name:gender pairs using the name_list and gender list?

I have to use 'for'

Answer 1

No need to use for.

Use zip to get a pairs of (key, value); then pass it to dict to get a mapping of those pairs:

>>> name_list=['Tomas', 'Mina', 'John', 'Amy']
>>> gender_list=['Male', 'Female', 'Male', 'Female']
>>> dict(zip(name_list, gender_list))
{'Amy': 'Female', 'Tomas': 'Male', 'John': 'Male', 'Mina': 'Female'}

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Alternatively, you can use dictionary comprehension:

>>> {name: gender for name, gender in zip(name_list, gender_list)}
{'Amy': 'Female', 'Tomas': 'Male', 'John': 'Male', 'Mina': 'Female'}