Convert the list in text file to dictionary on Python

Question

Convert following list into python dictionary:

[["A", ["aaa", "bbb", "ccc", "ddd"], ["B", ["eee", "fff", "ggg", "hhh"]]]

Expected:

{'A': ['aaa', 'bbb', 'ccc', 'ddd'], 'B': ['eee', 'fff', 'ggg', 'hhh']}

if possible to pandas or koalas dataframe?

Answer 1

The list in your code is a syntax error. It is missing a parenthesis:

[
    ["A", ["aaa", "bbb", "ccc", "ddd"]^missing here,
    ["B", ["eee", "fff", "ggg", "hhh"]],
]

If you add the missing bracket you can simply do:

import pandas as pd

ls =  [
    ["A", ["aaa", "bbb", "ccc", "ddd"]],
    ["B", ["eee", "fff", "ggg", "hhh"]],
] 

df = pd.DataFrame(
   dict(ls)
)

Running dict over a list of two element lists is equivalent to the code proposed in the comment to your question.

Answer 2

Here is a thought:

final_dict = {}
for elem in list_name:
   final_dict[elem[0]] = elem[1:]

Making use of list splicing can greatly reduce the number of lines of code and make the solution more elegant.

Happy coding!