Python | Convert a list of Tuples into Dictionary

Sometimes you might need to convert a tuple to dict object to make it more readable.
In this article, we will try to learn how to convert a list of tuples into a dictionary. Here we will find two methods of doing this.
Examples:

Input : [("akash", 10), ("gaurav", 12), ("anand", 14), 
         ("suraj", 20), ("akhil", 25), ("ashish", 30)]
Output : {'akash': [10], 'gaurav': [12], 'anand': [14], 
          'ashish': [30], 'akhil': [25], 'suraj': [20]}

Input : [('A', 1), ('B', 2), ('C', 3)]
Output : {'B': [2], 'A': [1], 'C': [3]}

Input : [("Nakul",93), ("Shivansh",45), ("Samved",65),
             ("Yash",88), ("Vidit",70), ("Pradeep",52)]
Output : {'Nakul': [93], 'Shivansh': [45], 'Samved': [65], 
            'Yash': [88], 'Vidit': [70], 'Pradeep': [52]}

Input : [('Sachin', 10), ('MSD', 7), ('Kohli', 18), ('Rohit', 45)]
Output : {'Sachin': 10, 'MSD': 7, 'Kohli': 18, 'Rohit': 45}

Method 1 : Use of setdefault()

Here we have used the dictionary method setdefault() to convert the first parameter to key and the second to the value of the dictionary. setdefault(key, def_value) function searches for a key and displays its value and creates a new key with def_value if the key is not present. Using the append function we just added the values to the dictionary.

Example 1:

Output:

{'akash': [10], 'gaurav': [12], 'anand': [14], 
 'ashish': [30], 'akhil': [25], 'suraj': [20]}

Example 2:

Output:

{'Nakul': [93], 'Shivansh': [45], 'Samved': [65], 'Yash': [88], 'Vidit': [70], 'Pradeep': [52]}

Method 2 : Use of dict() method

Example 1:

Output:

{'anand': 14, 'akash': 10, 'akhil': 25, 
 'suraj': 20, 'ashish': 30, 'gaurav': 12}

Example 2:

Output:

{'Sachin': 10, 'MSD': 7, 'Kohli': 18, 'Rohit': 45}

This is a simple method of conversion from a list or tuple to a dictionary. Here we pass a tuple into the dict() method which converts the tuple into the corresponding dictionary.

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Chinmoy Lenka

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