On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:05:26 -0800, vsoler wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My script starts like this:
>
> book=readFromExcelRange('book')
> house=readFromExcelRange('house')
> table=readFromExcelRange('table')
> read=readFromExcelRange('read')
> ...
>
> But I would like to have something equivalent, like...
>
> ranges=['book','house','table','read']
> for i in ranges:
> var[i]=readFromExcelRange(i)
>
> which does not work. I assume I should be using globals() instead of
> var, but I do not know how to write my script.
>
> Can anybody help?
Yes. Use a dict instead.
ranges=['book','house','table','read']
data = {}
for name in ranges:
data[name] = readFromExcelRange(name)
# and later...
item = 'table'
print "The range '%s' is %s" % (item, data[item])
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