creating a list of dictionary in python

Question

from the given input

lists = ["7ee57f24", "deadbeef"]

I want to get the following output

l1': [
   {
   'd': 
         {
            'id': '7ee57f24'
         }
   },
   {
   'd': 
         {
            'id': 'deadbeed'
         }
   }
]

I have tried this code

    lists = ["7ee57f24", "deadbeef"]
    l1 = {"d":[{"id": lis} for lis in lists]}
    print(l1)

but it gives me wrong output

{'d': [{'id': '7ee57f24'}, {'id': 'deadbeef'}]}

lmiguelvargasf · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-13 16:40:55Z

3

Use the following:

lists = ["7ee57f24", "deadbeef"]
l1 = [
    {"d": {"id": id_}}
    for id_ in lists
]
print(l1)

Output:

[{'d': {'id': '7ee57f24'}}, {'d': {'id': 'deadbeef'}}]

answered Jul 13, 2021 at 16:40

lmiguelvargasf

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2 Comments

Thanks for the answer. Can you please explain what I was missing

@kharevbv, You were trying to put dicts in a dictionary when you really wanted to put dicts in a list.