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pythonvariablesconcept
Dan
Dan

Reputation: 11084

What would this concept be called?

I am trying to do something in code, that is not working and I'm not even sure what to google for. The actual case is in python using tkinter, but here is a simple example that will make the point.

I want to create a bunch of variables so I made a list of tuples:

vars = [('var1', 'value1'), ('var2', 'value2')]

Then I want to use a syntax like this: 

for item in vars:
    item[0] = item[1]

This will make item[0] equal to 'value1'. what I want it to do is make var1 equal to 'value1'.

I hope its clear what I'm trying to do. And I have a feeling its even trivial once I can get a hint in the right direction.

This is in python but I think the concept is more universal.

Thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 80

Answers (1)

jh314
jh314

Reputation: 27802

You can use a dictionary for this purpose:

d = dict(vars)

Then you can access var1 by doing d['var1'], which will give you value1.

Upvotes: 4

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