On 2/26/2010 10:20 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:15:16 -0500, John Posner wrote:
On 2/26/2010 6:32 PM, Raphael Mayoraz wrote:
Hello,
I'd like to define variables with some specific name that has a common
prefix.
Something like this:
varDic = {'red': 'a', 'green': 'b', 'blue': 'c'} for key, value in
varDic.iteritems(): 'myPrefix' + key = value
No trick, just swap a new key-value pair for each existing pair:
for key, value in varDic.iteritems():
varDic[myPrefix + key] = value
del varDict[key]
Just make sure that *myPrefix* isn't an empty string!
How does that answer the original poster's question?
Admittedly, your solution is the Right Way To Do It, but what the OP
wants is to go from a dict {'spam': 42} to a named variable myPrefixspam
= 42, which is a totally bogus thing to do, but incredibly common among
n00bs and refugees from horrible languages that allow that sort of
abomination.
Yup, I misinterpreted the OP's intent. I guess my mind just couldn't
encompass the enormity of his intended transgression.
-John
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