Dictionary to tuple

[Odd-R.]

I have a dictionary, and I want to convert it to a tuple,
that is, I want each key - value pair in the dictionary
to be a tuple in a tuple.

If this is the dictionary {1:'one',2:'two',3:'three'},
then I want this to be the resulting tuple:
((1,'one'),(2,'two'),(3,'three')).

I have been trying for quite some time now, but I do not
get the result as I want it. Can this be done, or is it not
possible?


I must also add that I'm new to Python.

Thanks in advance.

 

[bruno modulix]

I have a dictionary, and I want to convert it to a tuple,
that is, I want each key - value pair in the dictionary
to be a tuple in a tuple.

If this is the dictionary {1:'one',2:'two',3:'three'},
then I want this to be the resulting tuple:
((1,'one'),(2,'two'),(3,'three')).

I have been trying for quite some time now, but I do not
get the result as I want it. Can this be done, or is it not
possible?

It's of course possible, and even a no-brainer:

dic = {1:'one',2:'two',3:'three'}
tup = tuple(dic.items())

The bad news is that dict are *not* ordered, so you'll have to sort the
result yourself if needed

The good news is that sorting a sequence is a no-brainer too !-)

I must also add that I'm new to Python.

Welcome on board.

 

[Jeff Epler]

It looks like you want tuple(d.iteritems())
((1, 'one'), (2, 'two'), (3, 'three'))

You could also use tuple(d.items()). The result is essentially the
same. Only if the dictionary is extremely large does the difference
matter. (or if you're using an older version of Python without the
iteritems method)

Jeff

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[Tim Williams (gmail)]

I have a dictionary, and I want to convert it to a tuple,
that is, I want each key - value pair in the dictionary
to be a tuple in a tuple.

If this is the dictionary {1:'one',2:'two',3:'three'},
then I want this to be the resulting tuple:
((1,'one'),(2,'two'),(3,'three')).

d = {1:'one',2:'two',3:'three'}
t = tuple([(k,v) for k,v in d.iteritems()])
t ((1, 'one'), (2, 'two'), (3, 'three'))

 

[bruno modulix]

Tim Williams (gmail) wrote:
(snip)

d = {1:'one',2:'two',3:'three'}
t = tuple([(k,v) for k,v in d.iteritems()])

Err... don't you spot any useless code here ?-)

(tip: dict.items() already returns a list of (k,v) tuples...)

 

[Erik Max Francis]

Err... don't you spot any useless code here ?-)

(tip: dict.items() already returns a list of (k,v) tuples...)

But it doesn't return a tuple of them. Which is what the tuple call
there does.

 

[Robert Kern]

But it doesn't return a tuple of them. Which is what the tuple call
there does.

The useless code referred to was the list comprehension.

>>> t = tuple([(k,v) for k,v in d.iteritems()])

versus

or even

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Robert Kern
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"In the fields of hell where the grass grows high
Are the graves of dreams allowed to die."
-- Richard Harter

 

[Jeremy Sanders]

But it doesn't return a tuple of them. Which is what the tuple call
there does.

Yes, but I think he meant:

t = tuple(d.items())

 

[John Roth]

It's of course possible, and even a no-brainer:

dic = {1:'one',2:'two',3:'three'}
tup = tuple(dic.items())

I think I'll add a little clarification since the OP is really new
to Python. The (dict.items()) part of the expression returns a
list, and if you want to sort it, then you need to sort the list
and then convert it to a tuple.

dic = {1:'one',2:'two',3:'three'}
dic.sort()
tup = tuple(dic)

This points up the fact that the final conversion to a tuple
may not be necessary. Whether or not is is depends on
the circumstances.

Welcome on board.

John Roth

 

[bruno modulix]

But it doesn't return a tuple of them. Which is what the tuple call
there does.

Of course, but the list-to-tuple conversion is not the point here. The
useless part might be more obvious in this snippet:

my_list = [(1, 'one'), (2, 'two'), (3, 'three')]
my_tup = tuple([(k, v) for k, v in my_list])