python - Convert list of strings to dictionary

Question

I have a list

['Tests run: 1', ' Failures: 0', ' Errors: 0']

I would like to convert it to a dictionary as

{'Tests run': 1, 'Failures': 0, 'Errors': 0}

How do I do it?

Answer 1

Use:

a = ['Tests run: 1', ' Failures: 0', ' Errors: 0']

d = {}
for b in a:
    i = b.split(': ')
    d[i[0]] = i[1]

print d

returns:

{' Failures': '0', 'Tests run': '1', ' Errors': '0'}

If you want integers, change the assignment in:

d[i[0]] = int(i[1])

This will give:

{' Failures': 0, 'Tests run': 1, ' Errors': 0}