Here is the actual snippet of code
calc_depth = 8.1 # which is actually d
unblockedFS = 13.4 # which is the indexed fs
for line in file('21Ex6MV_tmr.dat'):
d, fs1, fs2, fs3, fs4, fs5, fs6, fs7, fs8, fs9, fs10, fs11, fs12, fs13,
fs14, fs15, fs16, fs17, fs18, fs19, fs20, fs21, fs22, fs23, fs24, fs25,
fs26, fs27, fs28, fs29, fs30, fs31, fs32, fs33, fs34, fs35, fs36, fs37,
fs38, fs39, fs40 = line.split()
if float(d) == round(calc_depth):
print float('fs' + str(int(round(unblockedFS))))
On 10/22/07, Alan Gauld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> "Bryan Fodness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>
> >I want to get a variable name dependent on another variable.
>
> Thats usually a bad idea, but...
>
> > I have tried,
> >
> > 'fs' + str(int(round(unblockedFS))) for fs13
>
> I have no idea what you think this will do.
> It gives a syntax error for me, which is what I expected.
>
> > and I get an invalid literal.
>
> Can you post real code and real error messages please?
>
> > If I code in the fs13, everything works. Is
> > it possible to do this?
>
> I'm not sure because I'm not sure what you are really
> trying to do. Creating new variable names on the fly
> is usually not the best approach but without a context
> we can't offer an alternative. The code snippet above
> is no help since it is not valid Python.
>
> > unblockedFS=13.4
> >
> > for line in file('21Ex6MV_tmr.dat'):
> > d, fs1, fs2, fs3, fs4, fs5, fs6, fs7, fs8, fs9, fs10, fs11, fs12,
> > fs13,
> > fs14, fs15, fs16, fs17, fs18 = line.split()
>
> BTW, Since all your variables are of the form fsNN it is probably
> as easy(and less typing) to do:
>
> fs = line.split()
>
> and just refer to them by index (extracting d if required):
>
> > if float(d) == round(calc_depth):
>
> if float(fs[0]) == round(calc_depth)
> > b = float(fs13)
>
> b = float(fs[13])
>
> etc...
>
>
> --
> Alan Gauld
> Author of the Learn to Program web site
> http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld
>
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