On May 16, 4:27 pm, "inhahe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>> a = 1
> >>> b = eval("a")
> >>> b
> 1
> >>> a =1
> >>> b = globals()["a"]
> >>> b
> 1
> >>> a =1
> >>> b = locals()["a"]
> >>> b
>
> 1<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > Is there any function which will return a variable by passing to it
> > the string containing the variable's name? Something like this for
> > instance:
>
> > foo = some_function("foo")
>
> > or perhaps it's a dictionary. I don't know, but I would really like to
> > find out how it can be done. I guess it is achievable.
>
> > Thank you.Perfect. Thank you all for your replies. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
