createDict.py

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#from list of tuples
class Person(object):
    def __init__(self, name, profession):
        self.name = name
        self.profession = profession
 
people = [Person("Nick", "Programmer"), Person("Alice","Engineer")]
professions = dict([ (p.name, p.profession) for p in people ])

#from two lists 

names = ["Nick", "Alice", "Kitty"]
professions = ["Programmer", "Engineer", "Art Therapist"]
names_and_professions = zip(names, professions)

'''
print zip(range(5), ["a","b","c","d","e"])
[(0, "a"), (1, "b"), (2, "c"), (3, "d"), (4, "e")]
'''

professions_dict = dict(zip(names, professions))