Question

Got a complication with my python code.

print len(list1)
print len(list2)
dikt = dict(zip(list1,list2))
print len(dikt)

Gives:

>> 95
>> 95 
>> 26

Why does the dikt give me the value of 26 instead of 95, can add that the elements in the lists are not the same.
I am clueless.

Answer 1

You probably have repeated values in list1. A dict cannot have duplicated keys.

>>> list1 = [1, 1, 2]
>>> list2 = ['a', 'b', 'c']
>>> dikt = dict(zip(list1,list2))
>>> print len(dikt)
2
>>> print dikt
{1: 'b', 2: 'c'}