eval() operates on an expression, not a statement. Assignment makes it a statement.
Why wouldn't you just say: innerDict['+newinnrkey+'] = newinnrval On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 5:25 PM, Henry Versemann <fencer1...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a new dictionary that I want to build, using data from another > dictionary. I have a view which is receiving a single key/value pair > from the original dictionary. Then in the view I've defined the new > dictionary like this: > > innerDict = {} > > Now I want to make this as dynamic as possible so I'm trying to use the > "eval()" statement below to add the new key/value pair to the new > dictionary, which is declared above. Will the following code work to > actually add the new key/value pair to the new dictionary? > > innrDictCmnd = "innerDict['"+newinnrkey+"'] = newinnrval" > eval(innrDictCmnd) > > If not why not, and in lieu of the statements above not working, then how > would I do it? > > Thanks for the help. > > Henry > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/e6c61ca1-efba-4965-a5ec-f10b55927b15%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/e6c61ca1-efba-4965-a5ec-f10b55927b15%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAB%2BAj0v6ZY-d2z7QOrg9XnKb11kWoR6uBov_9ehohAAF5v7nYg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.