[Solved] How to multiply list by integer within dictionary?

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Your code is duplicating every corresponding list (values) in example1 as many times as the values in example2.

Your code is similar to:

>>>>two_items = ["A","B"]
>>>>number = [3]
>>>>result = two_items*number[0]

['A', 'B', 'A', 'B', 'A', 'B']

To make this clear, it works like string multiplication:

>>>>my_string="Hello "
>>>>print(my_string * number[0])
Hello Hello Hello

What you need to do is to iterate through each items in the list and multiply it by a given number, as following:

>>>>two_numbers=[1,2]
>>>>number=[3]
>>>>result=[]
>>>>for num in two_numbers:
>>>>    x =num * number[0]
>>>>    result.append(x)
[3, 6]

Given the above, your code should look like that:

example3 = {}
for key in example2.keys():
    temp =[]
    for item in example[key]:   
        temp.append(item*example2[key])
    example3[key]=temp

solved How to multiply list by integer within dictionary?