How to convert a List into a Map in Dart

Question

I looking for an on-the-shelf way to convert a List into a Map in Dart.

In python for example you can do:

l= [ ('a',(1,2)), ('b',(2,3)), ('c',(3,4) ) ] d=dict(l) ==> {'a': (1, 2), 'c': (3, 4), 'b': (2, 3)} 

The dict function expects a List of couple. For each couple, the first element is used as the key and the second as the data.

In Dart I saw the following method for a List : asMap(), but it's not doing what i expect: it use the list index as key. My questions:

• Do you known anything in Dart libraries to do this ?
• If not, any plan to add such a feature in the core lib ?

Proposal:

List.toMap() //same as python dict. List.toMap( (value) => [ value[0], value[1] ] ) //Using anonymous function to return a key and a value from a list item. 

Thanks and Regards,

Nicolas

Answer 1

You can use Map.fromIterable:

var result = Map.fromIterable(l, key: (v) => v[0], value: (v) => v[1]); 

or collection-for (starting from Dart 2.3):

var result = { for (var v in l) v[0]: v[1] };