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How can you dynamically create variables?

I want to create variables dynamically in Python. Does anyone have any creative means of doing this?

Solution

  • Unless there is an overwhelming need to create a mess of variable names, I would just use a dictionary, where you can dynamically create the key names and associate a value to each.

    a = {}
k = 0
while k < 10:
    # dynamically create key
    key = ...
    # calculate value
    value = ...
    a[key] = value 
    k += 1

    There are also some interesting data structures in the collections module that might be applicable.