How do I split a string into a dictionary?

byMR

January 10, 2022

Trying to split into a dictionary:

output = "Port WWN : 10:00:00:00:xx:xx:xx:01\n"
"Node WWN : 20:00:00:00:xx:xx:xx:01\n"

tried:
d = dict(x.split(": ") for x in output.split("\n"))

print(d)

expected output = {Port WWN : 10:00:00:00:xx:xx:xx:01, Node WWN : 20:00:00:00:xx:xx:xx:01}

getting error:

File "/Users/mike/PycharmProject/pyTest/venv/scratch.py", line 6, in
d = dict(x.split("=") for x in output.split("\n"))
ValueError: dictionary update sequence element #0 has length 1; 2 is required

>Solution :

i think it will solve your issue:

output = "Port WWN : 10:00:00:00:xx:xx:xx:01\nNode WWN : 20:00:00:00:xx:xx:xx:01\n"

d = dict(x.split(": ") for x in output.strip().split("\n"))

print(d)

sample output: