Gabriel,
I meant the latter, so this helps
> Or, do you mean you already have those names and values, perhaps mixed
> with a lot more names, and want to extract only those starting with "x"
> and following with a number?
>
> result = {}
> for name, value in vars(): # or locals().items(), or globals().items(), or
> vars(some_module)
> if name[0]=='x' and name[1:].isdigit():
> result[name] = value
But I got an error with 'for name, value in vars():'
RuntimeError: dictionary changed size during iteration
I think globals() has the same problem, but globals.items() works. I
will need to read the docs to learn why '.items()' works but the
changing global dictionary problem makes sense. I assume I need to
use a non dynamic created list.
Sometimes I get the error about 'too many variables to unpack' (can
not consistently repeat the error however)
In any event, thanks for the suggestions, everyone.
Using a blank class for unpacking the dictionary makes the most sense,
for safety sake.
So you know the general issue is I want to switch between using
dictionaries for storing data items and simple variable names for
writing equations/formulas, So (a) and (b) below are preferred to (c)
for readability
(a) straight forward equation
y = b0 + b1*Age + b2*Size
(b) Class version
y = b0 + b1*x.Age + b2*x.Size
(c) Dictionary version
y = b0 + b1*dd.get('Age') + b2*dd.get('Size')
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