In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kay Schluehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Tanteauguri wrote: >> Hi List, is there in python a variable variable like in PHP ($$var)? >> >> What I want to do is something like that: >> >> pc=["a","b","c"] >> >> for i in pc: >> i = anyclass() >> >> a.shutdown() >> b.update() >> >> >> Any Ideas? > >def seq(n,cls,*args,**kw): > "create a sequence of n objects of type cls." > return [cls(*args,**kw) for i in range(n)] > >>>> a,b,c = seq(3,anyclass) >>>> a.shutdown() >>>> b.update() > >Regards Kay >
I'm going to make this explicit: the PHP idiom is a defect. Yes, I know that's good style among top PHP practitioners, but, from all I know, it's simply a bad habit. The advice to use a dictionary is on target. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
