Python - Trying to create a dictionary through a for loop

Question

I am trying to create a dictionary by using a for loop. I have an ordered list, and I am trying to match up the values from the list to ordered numbers. For Example: {0: 100, 1: 423, 2: 434}

I am just having trouble making the for loop.

list = [102, 232, 424]
count = 0
d = {} #Empty dictionary to add values into

for i in list:
    #dictionary key = count
    #key.append(i)
    count+=1

So in the for loop I essentially want to make the count variable the key, and have the corresponding item in the list as the value. Then I would add one to count, and continue. Also I am sorry if my code is a little unclear in the for loop. That isn't actual code, but is just a general idea of what I was looking for. Can anyone help me? Thank you.

Answer 1

You set an item in a dictionary by doing dictionary[key] = item, so in your case you would do:

list = [102, 232, 424]
count = 0
d = {} #Empty dictionary to add values into

for i in list:
    d[count] = i
    count+=1