Method Name:
_asdict
Method Signature:
_asdict()
Parameters:
None
Return Value:
A Python dict instance, with the field names and their values populated from the namedtuple object.
Overview:
- The class namedtuple enables Python developers to create tuple types with different names.
- Named tuples also can have their fields named just like the way a CSV file has its fields named by its header.
- A dictionary object can be obtained from a named tuple using the _dict() method.
- The method _dict() returns a dictionary, whose keys are the fields of the named tuple and the values are the values corresponding to them.
Example:
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# Example Python program that creates a dictionary object # from a namedtuple import collections as coll
# Create a type responsetime responsetime = coll.namedtuple("responsetime", "host, protocol, millisec");
# The responsetime for example.com example = responsetime("example.com", "http", 1325);
# Make a dictionary from the named tuple exampleDictionary = example._asdict();
print("Responsetime record as a dictionary:"); print(type(exampleDictionary)); print(exampleDictionary); |
Output:
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Responsetime record as a dictionary: <class 'dict'> {'host': 'example.com', 'protocol': 'http', 'millisec': 1325} |