mfglinux wrote: > Hello to everybody > > I would like to know how to declare in python a "variable name" that > it is in turn a variable > In bash shell I would wrote sthg like: > > for x in `seq 1 3` > do > M$i=Material(x) #Material is a python class > done > > Why I need this? Cause I have a python module that obliges me to build > a variable called Period, which should have a variable name of > summands (depends on the value of x) > > #Let's say x=3, then Period definition is > Period=Slab(Material1(12.5)+Material2(25)+Material3(12.5)) #Slab is a > python class > > I dont know how to automatize last piece of code for any x > > thank you > > Marcos > I think the answer is to use a dictionary of lists , but it is a little hard to tell from your description:
mdict={1:[Material1, 12.5], 2:[Material2, 25.0], 3:[Material3, 12.5] } x=3 slab_arg=0 for i in range(1,x): func, farg=mdict[i] slab_arg+=func(farg) Period=Slab(slab_arg) Obviously not tested! I sense that the Material functions should be consolidated into something more general here. -Larry Bates -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list