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Re: Convert namedtuple to dictionary

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On 9/25/13 6:45 PM, tripsvt@gmail.com wrote:
> Need suggestions.
>
> Say, I have a namedtuple like this:
>
> {'a': brucelee(x=123, y=321), 'b': brucelee('x'=123, 'y'=321)
>
> I need to convert it to:
>
> {'a': {'x':123, 'y': 321},'b': {'x':123, 'y': 321}}

Namedtuples have a ._asdict() method. You can convert your dictionary of 
namedtuples (let's call it tupledict) like this:

     dictdict = { k: nt._asdict() for k, nt in tupledict }

--Ned.
> Follow-up question --
>
> Which would be easier to work with if I had to later extract/manipulate the 'x', 'y' values? The format (dicts) above or a list of values like this:
>
> {'a': ['x':123, 'y': 321],'b': ['x':123, 'y': 321]}

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Convert namedtuple to dictionary tripsvt@gmail.com - 2013-09-25 15:45 -0700
  Re: Convert namedtuple to dictionary Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-09-25 18:41 -0500
    Re: Convert namedtuple to dictionary Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-09-26 01:08 +0000
      Re: Convert namedtuple to dictionary MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-09-26 02:15 +0100
      Re: Convert namedtuple to dictionary Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-09-25 21:45 -0400
      Re: Convert namedtuple to dictionary Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-09-26 06:51 -0500
  Re: Convert namedtuple to dictionary MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-09-26 00:52 +0100
  Re: Convert namedtuple to dictionary Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2013-09-25 20:15 -0400
  Re: Convert namedtuple to dictionary Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2013-09-26 03:48 +0000
  Re: Convert namedtuple to dictionary Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-09-26 08:47 +0200

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