[python] python tuple to dict

For the tuple, t = ((1, 'a'),(2, 'b')) dict(t) returns {1: 'a', 2: 'b'}

Is there a good way to get {'a': 1, 'b': 2} (keys and vals swapped)?

Ultimately, I want to be able to return 1 given 'a' or 2 given 'b', perhaps converting to a dict is not the best way.

Even more concise if you are on python 2.7:

>>> t = ((1,'a'),(2,'b'))
>>> {y:x for x,y in t}
{'a':1, 'b':2}

Here are couple ways of doing it:

>>> t = ((1, 'a'), (2, 'b'))

>>> # using reversed function
>>> dict(reversed(i) for i in t)
{'a': 1, 'b': 2}

>>> # using slice operator
>>> dict(i[::-1] for i in t)
{'a': 1, 'b': 2}

A slightly simpler method:

>>> t = ((1, 'a'),(2, 'b'))
>>> dict(map(reversed, t))
{'a': 1, 'b': 2}

If there are multiple values for the same key, the following code will append those values to a list corresponding to their key,

d = dict()
for x,y in t:
    if(d.has_key(y)):
        d[y].append(x)
    else:
        d[y] = [x]

>>> dict([('hi','goodbye')])
{'hi': 'goodbye'}

Or:

>>> [ dict([i]) for i in (('CSCO', 21.14), ('CSCO', 21.14), ('CSCO', 21.14), ('CSCO', 21.14)) ]
[{'CSCO': 21.14}, {'CSCO': 21.14}, {'CSCO': 21.14}, {'CSCO': 21.14}]