[Programming question]: Converting tables to key-value pairs

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Question:

I have a DataFrame with many columns and need to create dictionaries of key-value pairs. There is a column "image" which should be the key of a dictionary. All other colums and respective row values aare stored as as a dictionary in the top-level dictionary as values with corresponing image as key.

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Hi there! 👋

Here is a code snippet that demonstrates how to convert a DataFrame into a dictionary with the "image" column as keys:

import pandas as pd

# Example DataFrame
df = pd.DataFrame({
    'image': ['img1.tif', 'img2.tif', 'img3.tif'],
    'value1': [1, 2, 3],
    'value2': ['a', 'b', 'c']
})

# Convert DataFrame to dictionary
result = df.set_index('image').to_dict('index')

print(result)

This will give you a dictionary like:

{
    'img1.tif': {'value1': 1, 'value2': 'a'},
    'img2.tif': {'value1': 2, 'value2': 'b'},
    'img3.tif': {'value1': 3, 'value2': 'c'}
}

Let me know if you need any clarification! 😊