Create a dict from a list

Question

I'm trying to create a dict from a list with Python 2.7

This is my list :

x = ['+proj=geos',
 'lon_0=86.5',
 'h=35785993.3373',
 'x_0=0',
 'y_0=0',
 'a=6378160',
 'b=6356775',
 'units=m',
 'no_defs ']

In every element from my list, there are my keys and my values separated with the char "=". As a result, i want this :

d = {"+proj": "geos", "lon_0": "86.5", "h": "35785993.3373", "x_0": "0", "y_0": "0", "a": "6378160", "b": "6356775", "units": "m"}

Answer 1

You can use dict with a generator expression with split and a filter:

>>> dict(y.split("=") for y in x if "=" in y)
{'+proj': 'geos',
 'a': '6378160',
 'units': 'm',
 'b': '6356775',
 'y_0': '0',
 'x_0': '0',
 'h': '35785993.3373',
 'lon_0': '86.5'}

Answer 2

Try something like this:

d = {}
for i in x:
    if '=' not in i: continue  # skip if no pair given
    key, value = i.split('=')  # split into pair
    d.update({key : value})    # update dict with pair