How to add a fixed key for each element of list in python?

Question

I have a list like this:

student = ["James", "Abhinay", "Peter"]

I don't know how I can add a fixed key for each element of list in python?

what I want:

[{'name': 'James'}, {'name': 'Abhinay'}, {'name': 'Peter'}]

user_8708364 · Answer

Try using a list comprehension:

>>> [{'name': x} for x in student]
[{'name': 'James'}, {'name': 'Abhinay'}, {'name': 'Peter'}]
>>>

Or map:

>>> list(map(lambda x: {'name': x}, student))
[{'name': 'James'}, {'name': 'Abhinay'}, {'name': 'Peter'}]
>>>