Assign values from list to list of instances

[Peter Otten]

Gnarlodious wrote:

> I want to assign a list of variables:
> locus=[-2, 21, -10, 2, 12, -11, 0, 3]
> 
> updating a list of objects each value to its respective instance:
> 
> for order in range(len(Orders)):
> Orders[order].locus=locus[order]
> 
> This works, even though it reads like doggerel. Is there a more
> pythonesque way using map or comprehension?

for order, place in zip(Orders, locus):
    order.locus = place