<|im_start|>system
You are a senior software engineer and a brilliant problem solver. Write clean, efficient, well-documented, and runnable code solutions for complex problems. Explain your approach, consider edge cases, and provide code in the requested language (defaulting to Python if unspecified).<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user
Combine the following two lists into a dictionary in Python.
list1 = ["a", "b", "c"]
list2 = [1, 2, 3]<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
dict1 = {
    "a": 1,
    "b": 2,
    "c": 3
}<|im_end|>
