Python program that renders a dictionary from two list with K values

Given two list, one will be used to provide keys to dictionary and the other for values. The following program takes K values from second list and assigns it to each key, creating a dictionary of the following kind:

Input : test_list = [“gfg”, “best”], val_list = [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 5], K = 4 
Output : {‘gfg’: [1, 4, 5, 6], ‘best’: [7, 8, 8, 5]} 
Explanation : Equal elements paired to each key.
Input : test_list = [“gfg”], val_list = [1, 4, 5, 6], K = 4 
Output : {‘gfg’: [1, 4, 5, 6]} 
Explanation : All elements assigned to only key. 

Method : Using loop and slicing

Python3

from collections import defaultdict

# initializing list
test_list = ["gfg", "is", "best", "good"]

# printing original list
print("The original list is : " + str(test_list))

# initializing values list
val_list = [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 5, 4]

# initializing K
K = 2

# work list
val_list = val_list[:(len(test_list) * K)]

# gets required dictionary list
res = defaultdict(list)
key_cnt = 0
for idx in range(0, len(val_list)):

    # append values to required keys
    res[test_list[key_cnt]].append(val_list[idx])

    # increment keys when K
    if (idx + 1) % K == 0:
        key_cnt += 1

# printing result
print("The constructed dictionary : " + str(dict(res)))

Output:

 The original list is : [‘gfg’, ‘is’, ‘best’, ‘good’]

The constructed dictionary : {‘gfg’: [1, 4], ‘is’: [5, 6], ‘best’: [7, 8], ‘good’: [8, 5]}

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