Python Program to Map two lists into a Dictionary

Write a Python Program to Map two lists into a Dictionary with a practical example.

Before you start, please refer Dictionary article to understand everything about Dictionaries.

Python Program to Map two lists into a Dictionary Example 1

In this python program, we are using for loop with zip function.

# Python Program to Map two lists into a Dictionary

keys = ['name', 'age', 'job']
values = ['John', 25, 'Developer']

myDict = {k: v for k, v in zip(keys, values)}
print("Dictionary Items  :  ",  myDict)

OUTPUT

Python Program to insert two lists into a Dictionary Example 2

This program is another approach to insert lists into a dictionary. In this program, we are using dict keyword along with zip function.

# Python Program to Map two lists into a Dictionary

keys = ['name', 'age', 'job']
values = ['John', 25, 'Developer']

myDict = dict(zip(keys, values))
print("Dictionary Items  :  ",  myDict)

OUTPUT

Program to map two lists into a Dictionary Example 3

This program is same as above. However, we are allowing user to insert the keys, and values.

# Python Program to Map two lists into a Dictionary

keys = []
values = []
num = int(input("Please enter the Number of elements for this Dictionary : "))
print("Integer Values for Keys")
for i in range(0, num):
    x = int(input("Enter Key " + str(i + 1) + " = "))
    keys.append(x)
    
print("Integer Values for Values")
for i in range(0, num):
    x = int(input("Enter Value " + str(i + 1) + " = "))
    values.append(x)
    
myDict = dict(zip(keys, values))
print("Dictionary Items  :  ",  myDict)

OUTPUT