Hi, 2008/4/30 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > mylist = ('name1', 'name2', 'name3') > > I also assigned variables for each SQL expression: > name1 = "\"field_a\" LIKE '021'" > name2 = "\"field_a\" LIKE '031'" > name3 = "\"field_a\" LIKE '041'"
> my intended output is: > name1.shp "field_a LIKE '021' > name2.shp "field_a LIKE '031' > name3.shp "field_a LIKE '041' You should use a dictionary someway like this: >>> mydict = {'name1':"\"field_a\" LIKE '021'", ... 'name2':"\"field_a\" LIKE '031'", ... 'name3':"\"field_a\" LIKE '041'"} >>> for key, value in mydict.items(): ... print key, value ... name2 "field_a" LIKE '031' name3 "field_a" LIKE '041' name1 "field_a" LIKE '021' Lutz -- Do you want a Google Mail invitation? Just write me an email! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list