Denis McMahon <denismfmcma...@gmail.com> writes: > Hi > > Given x,y are a lists of keys and value that I wish to combine to a > dictionary, such that x[n] is the key for value y[n], which is preferred: > > z = {a:b for (a,b) in zip(x,y)}
This one, with the caveat to use PEP-8 compatible formatting:: z = {a: b for (a, b) in zip(x, y)} > z = {x[n]:y[n] for n in range(min(len(x),len(y)))} Too much indirection for no gain that I can see. > The zip feels more elegant, but it seems clunky to use the zip method to > create a list of tuples just to split them up into key:value pairs. I think ‘zip’ has this as a primary intended purpose, so it seems fine to me. -- \ “Of all classes the rich are the most noticed and the least | `\ studied.” —John Kenneth Galbraith, _The Age of Uncertainty_, | _o__) 1977 | Ben Finney -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list