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[Steve Holden]

Terry Reedy wrote:

Suppose I have a string and I'd like to create a variable with its name.
How can I do that?

globals['varname'] = 3

difficult or impossible for function locals

Not difficult - only ugly, slow, and dangerous:

Not only ugly, slow and dangerous but also not guarantees to work on any
specific implementation.

nobody-expects-the-spanish-inquisition-ly y'rs - steve

 

[Peter Otten]

[No] guarantees to work on any specific implementation.

What do you mean - the locals() analogue to

globals()[name] = value

or my exec workaround?

def somefunc():
value = as_you_like_it
exec "%s = value" % name

inquisitively, far from Spain
Peter

 

[Steve Holden]

Steve Holden wrote:

[No] guarantees to work on any specific implementation.

What do you mean - the locals() analogue to

globals()[name] = value

or my exec workaround?

def somefunc():
value = as_you_like_it
exec "%s = value" % name

inquisitively, far from Spain
Peter

The locals() analog.

regards
Steve