Python String to dict while separator is '='

Question

Hy i have a list of strings which look like:

atr = ['ID=cbs7435_mt', 'Name=cbs7435_mt', 'Dbxref=taxon:981350', 'Note=Pichia pastoris CBS 7435 mitochondrion%2C complete replicon sequence.', 'date=27-FEB-2015', 'mol_type=genomic DNA', 'organelle=mitochondrion', 'organism=Komagataella pastoris CBS 7435', 'strain=CBS 7435']

Now i want to create a dictionary which should look like:

my_dict = {'ID': 'cbs7435_mt', 'Name':'cbs7435_mt', ...}

Do someone has any advice how i could manage this? Thanks already!

There are plenty of very similar questions on SO, like [this one](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/186857/splitting-a-semicolon-separated-string-to-a-dictionary-in-python) or [this one](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4627981/creating-a-dictionary-from-a-string). — Lev Levitsky, May 12 '17 at 11:21

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered May 12 '17 at 11:22

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Simply split it with = and use dict()

my_dict = dict(i.split('=') for i in atr)

answered May 12 '17 at 11:22

akash karothiya

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Vivek Sable · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-19T07:52:20.357

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Use split() method of string to get Key and value for dictionary item.

Use for loop to iterate on given list input.

Demo:

>>> atr = ['ID=cbs7435_mt', 'Name=cbs7435_mt', 'Dbxref=taxon:981350']>>> result_dict = {}
>>> for item in atr:
...     key, value = item.split("=")
...     result_dict[key] = value
... 
>>> result_dict
{'Dbxref': 'taxon:981350', 'ID': 'cbs7435_mt', 'Name': 'cbs7435_mt'}
>>>

edited May 19 '17 at 07:52

answered May 12 '17 at 11:24

Vivek Sable

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You have a typo in the 1st line of your answer: `spit()` instead of `split()`. – MarianD May 12 '17 at 11:47
@MarianD: yes, Updated. – Vivek Sable May 19 '17 at 07:53

Python String to dict while separator is '='

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