python pandas dataframe columns convert to dict key and value

Question

If lakes is your DataFrame, you can do something like

area_dict = dict(zip(lakes.area, lakes.count))

With pandas it can be done as:

If lakes is your DataFrame:

area_dict = lakes.to_dict('records')

You can also do this if you want to play around with pandas. However, I like punchagan's way.

# replicating your dataframe
lake = pd.DataFrame({'co tp': ['DE Lake', 'Forest', 'FR Lake', 'Forest'], 
                 'area': [10, 20, 30, 40], 
                 'count': [7, 5, 2, 3]})
lake.set_index('co tp', inplace=True)

# to get key value using pandas
area_dict = lake.set_index('area').T.to_dict('records')[0]
print(area_dict)

output: {10: 7, 20: 5, 30: 2, 40: 3}

If 'lakes' is your DataFrame, you can also do something like:

# Your dataframe
lakes = pd.DataFrame({'co tp': ['DE Lake', 'Forest', 'FR Lake', 'Forest'], 
                 'area': [10, 20, 30, 40], 
                 'count': [7, 5, 2, 3]})
lakes.set_index('co tp', inplace=True)

My solution:

area_dict = lakes.set_index("area")["count"].to_dict()

or @punchagan 's solution (which I prefer)

area_dict = dict(zip(lakes.area, lakes.count))

Both should work.

Answering @Jessie Marks question, on how to use this dict(zip(***)) approach if you want to use multiple columns as keys / values, the answer is to zip the zips; e.g.:

dict(zip(df['key'], zip(df["value col 1"], df_['value col 1'])))

or if you wish to use multiple columns as keys:

dict(zip(zip(df['key 1'], df['key 2']), zip(df["value col 1"], df_['value col 1'])))

this worked for me on pandas v1.1.5 ; python 3.6.13

PS. sorry i do not respond directly under @Jessie Marks question, its new account and I cannot do that yet.