Variable names on the fly?

[Gonçalo Rodrigues]

On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 19:13:22 -0000, "e-tones.co.uk"
<admin at e-tones.co.uk> wrote:

>Hi all, does python allow the creation of variable names on the fly, more
>importantly lists.
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>I have a stock list containing 5 elements, [0,0,0,0,0]
>
>Lets call it: list

Don't - in your code that is. It will shadow the name of the list
builtin and a sure way to make a mess out of your program.

>
>Now, via a loop, can I create list1, list2, list3 on the fly by replicting
>the original list, eg
>
>i = 1
>for i in range(2)
>    list+i = list
>
>Whats the proper format to concatenate (sp?) variable names. I used list+i,
>obviously this doesnt work, but what does :)

As far as I know you cannot do this - but why would you? Why would you
need such a weird thing? Just use a mapping dictionary

<whatever name you what or more generally a hashable> -> value

For example: calling our dictionary dct (not dict!) and your list lst

for i in range(2):
    dct['list' + str(i)] = lst

With some more info on your problem maybe we can try and give some more
enlightened answer.

>
>Cheers
>Taz
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With my best regards,
Gonçalo Rodrigues