On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Ali Razavi wrote: > Tom Anderson wrote: >> On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Ali Razavi wrote: >> >>> Is there any reflective facility in python that I can use to define a >>> variable with a name stored in another variable ? >>> >>> like I have : >>> x = "myVarName" >>> >>> what can I do to declare a new variable with the name of the string stored >>> in x. And how can I access that implicitly later ? >> >> Are you absolutely sure you want to do this? > > Have you ever heard of meta programming ? I guess if you had, it > wouldn't seem this odd to you.
Oh, i have. It's just that i've also seen about a billion posts from novice programmers asking exactly that question, when it turns out what they really want is a dictionary, or sometimes a list. If that was the case, answering your question would not be solving your problem, an i'd rather solve your problem. If it's not, try: x = "myVarName" y = "myVarValue" locals()[x] = y What did you mean by "And how can I access that implicitly later?"? tom -- I content myself with the Speculative part [...], I care not for the Practick. I seldom bring any thing to use, 'tis not my way. Knowledge is my ultimate end. -- Sir Nicholas Gimcrack -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
