A variables variables

[Terry Reedy]

Gandalf wrote:
> how can I declare a variable with another variable  name?
> 
> for example  I will use PHP:
> 
> $a= "hello";
> 
> $a_hello="baybay";
> 
> print ${'a_'.$a)  //output: baybay
> 
> 
> how can i do it with no Arrays using  python

Others have given you the direct answer.  But using lists or dicts is 
almost always a better solution in Python than synthesizing global/local 
namespace names.

a={'hello':'baybay'}
print a['hello']