how to convert list of dict to dict

by

A possible solution using names as the new keys:

new_dict = {}
for item in data:
   name = item['name']
   new_dict[name] = item

With python 3.x you can also use dict comprehensions for the same approach in a more nice way:

new_dict = {item['name']:item for item in data}

As suggested in a comment by Paul McGuire, if you don’t want the name in the inner dict, you can do:

new_dict = {}
for item in data:
   name = item.pop('name')
   new_dict[name] = item

More Related Contents:

  1. How to name a file using a value in a list in a dictionary?
  2. How do I sort a list of dictionaries by a value of the dictionary?
  3. Access nested dictionary items via a list of keys?
  4. Why can’t I use a list as a dict key in python?
  5. How can I get list of values from dict?
  6. How do I merge a list of dicts into a single dict?
  7. Grouping Python dictionary keys as a list and create a new dictionary with this list as a value
  8. Getting a list of values from a list of dicts
  9. How do I initialize a dictionary of empty lists in Python?
  10. Pandas DataFrame to List of Dictionaries
  11. Creating a list of dictionaries results in a list of copies of the same dictionary
  12. python filter list of dictionaries based on key value
  13. How can I make a dictionary from separate lists of keys and values?
  14. How to convert list of key-value tuples into dictionary?
  15. Merging dictionary value lists in python
  16. join two lists of dictionaries on a single key
  17. Check if value already exists within list of dictionaries?
  18. Convert list into a dictionary [duplicate]
  19. Combining Dictionaries Of Lists In Python
  20. Most Pythonic Way to Build Dictionary From Single List
  21. Python – sum values in dictionary
  22. Setting a value in a nested Python dictionary given a list of indices and value
  23. Python: get a dict from a list based on something inside the dict
  24. How can I avoid “RuntimeError: dictionary changed size during iteration” error?
  25. Changing one dict changes all dicts in a list of dicts [duplicate]
  26. Appending to list in Python dictionary [duplicate]
  27. Creating a dictionary with list of lists in Python
  28. Mapping dictionary value to list
  29. How to sort a list of dictionaries by a value of the dictionary in Python?
  30. How to create a nested dictionary from a list in Python?

Leave a Comment