> I have two lists > > l1 = ["a","b","c","d","e","f","g","h","i","j"] > l2 = ["aR","bR","cR"] > > l2 will always be smaller or equal to l1 > > numL1PerL2 = len(l1)/len(l2) > > I want to create a dictionary that has key from l1 and value from l2 based on > numL1PerL2 > > So > > { > a:aR, > b:aR, > c:aR, > d:bR, > e:bR, > f:bR, > g:cR, > h:cR, > i:cR, > j:cR > }
Another possibility is: import itertools my_dict = {x:y for x,y in zip(list1, itertools.cycle(list2))} -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list