How to create Dict from a Python list

November 18, 2022

I have a list of random objects generated from a Model (querySet).
I intend to create a separate list of objects using some but not all of the values of the objects from the original list.

For instance,

people = [
    {'name': 'John', 'age': 20, 'location': 'Lagos'},
    {'name': 'Kate', 'age': 40, 'location': 'Athens'},
    {'name': 'Mike', 'age': 30, 'location': 'Delhi'},
    {'name': 'Ben', 'age': 48, 'location': 'New York'}
]

Here’s what I’ve tried:

my_own_list = []
my_obj = {}

for person in people:
    my_obj['your_name'] = person['name']
    my_obj['your_location'] = person['location']
    my_own_list.append(my_obj)

However, my code created only one obj, repeatedly four times.

>Solution :

You have to create a new object for every new person:

my_own_list = []

for person in people:
    my_obj = {}
    my_obj['your_name'] = person['name']
    my_obj['your_location'] = person['location']
    my_own_list.append(my_obj)