[Tutor] multiple assignments when reading a file

[Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick]

On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 01:15:42AM -0400, Dave Angel wrote:
> Final choice?  Put them in a namespace.  Something like:
> 
> class NewSpace:
>     pass
> 
> data = NewSpace()
> for index, item in enumerate(lines.split()):
>     data.__dict__["x" + str(index)] = item

Please don’t do this.  This is a very ugly way to do it.  Instead, do:

for index, item in enumerate(lines.split()):
    setattr(data, 'x' + str(index), item)

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