> make_variable('OSCAR', 'the grouch'); > print OSCAR; Try using "setattr". (It's in __builtins__; you don't have to import anything.)
>>> print setattr.__doc__ setattr(object, name, value) Set a named attribute on an object; setattr(x, 'y', v) is equivalent to ``x.y = v''. -- If builders built buildings the way programmers write programs, the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization. - Original author unknown -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list