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pythonlistvariable-assignment
user3709445
user3709445

Reputation: 5

List Item as Variable Assignment

So lets say my list is

Colors=["red", "blue", "green", "purple"]

Then, I want to assign red to [1,2,3,4]. For example: red=[1,2,3,4]

How do you take an item in a list and assign something to it?

Clarification: without just changing the Colors list and by creating a whole new variable red.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 62

Answers (1)

A.J. Uppal
A.J. Uppal

Reputation: 19274

I would suggest using a dict:

>>> myobj = {}
>>> for i in ["red", "blue", "green", "purple"]:
...    myobj[i] = []
...
>>> myobj['red'] = [1, 2, 3, 4]
>>> myobj['red']
[1, 2, 3, 4]
>>> myobj.keys()
['blue', 'purple', 'green', 'red']

As shown above, you can use dict.keys() to get the keys (colors, in this example) of the dictionary.

Upvotes: 5

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