["python","list","dictionary"]
How do I convert a list of dicts to a dict?

How can I convert a list of dicts to a dict? Below is the list of dicts: data = [{'name': 'John Doe', 'age': 37, 'sex': 'M'}, {'name': 'Lisa Simpson', 'age': 17, 'sex': 'F'}, {'name': 'Bill Clinton', 'age': 57, 'sex': 'M'}] I want to convert this to: data = {'John Doe': {'name': 'John Doe', 'age': 37, 'sex': 'M'}, 'Lisa Simpson': {'name': 'Lisa Simpson', 'age': 17, 'sex': 'F'}, 'Bill Clinton': {'name': 'Bill Clinton', 'age': 57, 'sex': 'M'}}
A possible solution using names as the new keys: new_dict = {} for item in data: name = item['name'] new_dict[name] = item With Python 3.x you can also use dict comprehensions for the same approach in a more nice way: new_dict = {item['name']:item for item in data} As suggested in a comment by Paul McGuire, if you don't want the name in the inner dict, you can do: new_dict = {} for item in data: name = item.pop('name') new_dict[name] = item