On Aug 15, 1:42 pm, mfglinux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
Regardless of whether or not this is a "best practice" sometimes it is necessary. For example, I am looping through a dictionary to set some class properties. Anyway, here is what I finally came up with: exec "self.%s = '%s'" % (item, plist[item]) A more simple example for setting a variable outside of a class... exec '%s = '%s'" % ('variableName', 'variable value') Cheers! Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list