In my Python program, I have a string of format:
'name': 'Salman','age': '25', 'access': 'R', 'id': '00125'
I want to convert it to type dict so that I can query like dict["name"] to get "Salman" printed.
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1Write a regular expression or split it by comma and trim or try to have the string as json in first place. Show us what you've tried till now.hspandher– hspandher2018-02-16 14:12:39 +00:00Commented Feb 16, 2018 at 14:12
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1Possible duplicate with : stackoverflow.com/questions/988228/…Chuk Ultima– Chuk Ultima2018-02-16 14:13:13 +00:00Commented Feb 16, 2018 at 14:13
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1Possible duplicate of Convert a String representation of a Dictionary to a dictionary?Vaulstein– Vaulstein2018-02-16 14:15:03 +00:00Commented Feb 16, 2018 at 14:15
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3 Answers
Use ast.literal_eval:
import ast
mystr = "'name': 'Salman','age': '25', 'access': 'R', 'id': '00125'"
d = ast.literal_eval('{'+mystr+'}')
# {'access': 'R', 'age': '25', 'id': '00125', 'name': 'Salman'}
d['access'] # 'R'
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I think this is a neat solution using comprehensions
s = "'name': 'Salman','age': '25', 'access': 'R', 'id': '00125'"
d = dict([i.strip().replace("'", "") for i in kv.split(':')] for kv in s.split(","))
# d == {'access': 'R', 'age': '25', 'id': '00125', 'name': 'Salman'}
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first split the string by ":" and "," and store it in a list. then iterate from 0 to len(list)-2: mydict[list[i]] = list[i+1]
