List_Dictionary_Full.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Created on Tue Mar 28 23:48:08 2017

@author: Shabaka
"""

# '''''''''' Working with World Bank World Indicator Dataset ''''''' #
# Import the pandas package

import pandas as pd

# Zip lists: zipped_lists
zipped_lists = zip(feature_names, row_vals)

# Create a dictionary: rs_dict
rs_dict = dict(zipped_lists)

# Print the dictionary
print(rs_dict)


# ''''''''''''' List to Dictionary Function ''''' #

# Define lists2dict()
def lists2dict(list1, list2):
    """Return a dictionary where list1 provides
    the keys and list2 provides the values."""

    # Zip lists: zipped_lists
    zipped_lists = zip(list1, list2)

    # Create a dictionary: rs_dict
    rs_dict = dict(zipped_lists)

    # Return the dictionary
    return rs_dict

# Call lists2dict: rs_fxn
rs_fxn = lists2dict(feature_names, row_vals)


# Print the first two lists in row_lists
print(row_lists[0])
print(row_lists[1])

# Turn list of lists into list of dicts: list_of_dicts
list_of_dicts = [lists2dict(feature_names, sublist) for sublist in row_lists]

# Print the first two dictionaries in list_of_dicts
print(list_of_dicts[0])
print(list_of_dicts[1])

# ''''''''''''''' Turn the list od Data sets to a pandas Dataframe ''''''#

# Turn list of lists into list of dicts: list_of_dicts
list_of_dicts = [lists2dict(feature_names, sublist) for sublist in row_lists]

# Turn list of dicts into a dataframe: df
df = pd.DataFrame(list_of_dicts)

# Print the head of the dataframe
print(df.head())