Andrew wrote:
> Newb here... For one of my programs I want to initialize a variable for
> each letter of the alphabet. For example, a,b,c = 0,0,0. I don't think
> this works, but I'm wondering if I can do something similar to this:
>
> from string import ascii_lowercase
>
> class Blah:
> def __init__(self):
> for letter in ascii_lowercase:
> setattr(self,letter,0)
>
> Is there a way I can do something like this without using classes?
This is a very common request on this list. The usual advice is to use a
dictionary rather than defining variables, e.g.
letters = {}
for letter in ascii_lowercase:
letters[letter] = 0
But I'm becoming curious about why this is so commonly requested. What is your
background that you (and others) would think of this as a solution? Is there a
language where it is easy to do this sort of thing, and where the resulting
variables are easily used?
Thanks,
Kent
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