You can do something like this: In [17]: request_vars = {'table[0][]': ['1', '2'], 'table[1][]': ['3', '4']} In [18]: table = request_vars.values() In [19]: table[0] Out[19]: ['1', '2'] In [20]: table[1] Out[20]: ['3', '4']
or to be sure about the sequence. In [25]: request_vars = {'table[0][]': ['1', '2'], 'table[1][]': ['3', '4']} In [26]: table = [request_vars['table[%s][]' % i] for i in range(len(request_vars))] In [27]: table[0] Out[27]: ['1', '2'] In [28]: table[1] Out[28]: ['3', '4'] --