How to convert string to a dict type in python

Question

I have a string that I would like to convert to dict type in python.

Sample string:

'projectid=871106/interactionmonth=201701' 

Expected output:

{"projectid":871106,"interactionmonth":201701}

Answer 1

input = 'projectid=871106/interactionmonth=201701'

key = ""
value = ""
switch = False
result = {}
for character in range(len(input)):
    if input[character] == "=": switch = True
    elif input[character] == "/" or character == len(input) - 1:
        result[key] = int(value)
        switch = False
        key = ""
        value = ""
    else:
        if (switch): value += input[character]
        else : key += input[character]
print(result)

OUPUT:

{'projectid': 871106, 'interactionmonth': 20170}