Create processStringToDict.py

Author: Amogh Singhal

processStringToDict.py

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+# Process the string "k:1 |k1:2|k2:3|k3:4" into a dictionary {k:1,k1:2,...}
+
+StringToProcess = "k:1 |k1:2|k2:3|k3:4" 
+
+d2 = dict()
+keyvalue_list = StringToProcess.split('|') # ['k:1' , 'k1:2' , 'k2:3' ,'k3:4']
+
+for keyval in keyvalue_list:
+  k,v = keyval.split(':') # (k,1) , (k1,2) , (k2,3) ,(k3,4)
+  d2[k] = v
+
+
+print(d2) # {'k': '1 ', 'k1': '2', 'k2': '3', 'k3': '4'}