Hello, On Thu, Nov 04, 2010 at 02:10:12PM -0700, macm wrote: > > > How convert list to nested dictionary? > > > > >>>> l > > > ['k1', 'k2', 'k3', 'k4', 'k5'] > > >>>> result > > > {'k1': {'k2': {'k3': {'k4': {'k5': {}}}}}} > > http://www.amk.ca/python/writing/functional
so, why didn't you try python's reduce? IMO this is trivial: > >>> l > ['k1', 'k2', 'k3', 'k4', 'k5'] > >>> reduce(lambda x,y: {y:x}, l.__reversed__()) > {'k1': {'k2': {'k3': {'k4': 'k5'}}}} > >>> reduce(lambda x,y: {y:x}, l.__reversed__(), dict()) > {'k1': {'k2': {'k3': {'k4': {'k5': {}}}}}} > >>> second reduce uses empty dict for seed. -- With best regards, xrgtn -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list