Convert each element in a list to a corresponding (predefined) dictionary value

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I want to map each corresponding value in an array to my new defined dictionary such that

'NORTH': 1, 'SOUTH': -1, 'EAST': 1, 'WEST': -1

Here, each key corresponds to a an individual element in a given list and the values in the dict is what I want the new elements of said list to equal to.

I then intend on taking the sum of the new list to find the "reduced direction"

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!

Answer 1

You can use map .

>>> src = ['NORTH','SOUTH','EAST','EAST']
>>> adict = {'NORTH': 1, 'SOUTH': -1, 'EAST': 1, 'WEST': -1}
>>> sum(map(adict.__getitem__,src))
2
>>>