input: Write a function to create a Python dictionary from a list of people where their names serve as keys and their ages as values.
  
  def create_people_dict(people_list):
      people_dict = {}
      for person in people_list:
          name, age = person.split()
          age = int(age.strip('(),'))
          people_dict[name] = age
      return people_dict
  
  assert create_people_dict(["John (20)", "Jane (40)", "Alex (18)", "Peter (45)"]) == {'John': 20, 'Jane': 40, 'Alex': 18, 'Peter': 45}
  assert create_people_dict([]) == {}
output: def create_people_dict(people_list):
      people_dict = {}
      for person in people_list:
          name, age = person.split()
          age = int(age.strip('(),'))
          people_dict[name] = age
      return people_dict