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Input: 

a_list = [x,y,z,p,q,r] value = 5

Output:

dict1 = {x: {y : {z : { p :{ q :{ r : 5}}}}}
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    How does the config file relate to the list->dict? Commented Mar 21, 2018 at 5:34

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Progressively construct nested dictionaries, starting with the single value:

from functools import reduce dict1 = reduce(lambda d,key: {key : d}, a_list[::-1], value) print(dict1) #{'x': {'y': {'z': {'p': {'q': {'r': 5}}}}}}
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