to create variable from dict

[hiral]

Hi,

Is there any way to create variables which name matches with dict key?

For example:
dict1 = {"abc":'1", "def":"2"}

Now I am looking to have variable name abc and it's value be '1' etc.

Pl. suggest.

Thank you.

 

[Tim Chase]

Is there any way to create variables which name matches with dict key?

For example:
dict1 = {"abc":'1", "def":"2"}

Now I am looking to have variable name abc and it's value be '1' etc.

1) you can't because "def" is a reserved word in Python.

2) why do you want to? This seems to come up about every week or
so and people STILL want to do it. Search the archives...you
won't have to go back too far.

3) once you have it, how do you plan to use the variables? If
you don't know what they'll be named ahead of time, how can you
use them in your code

The usual answer is "don't do that -- just use them as a dict",
or if you're trying to set up some constants, you can use

abc, def_, ghi = 1, 2, 3

-tkc

 

[Luis M. González]

Hi,

Is there any way to create variables which name matches with dict key?

For example:
dict1 = {"abc":'1", "def":"2"}

Now I am looking to have variable name abc and it's value be '1' etc.

Pl. suggest.

Thank you.

Check out this thread (very recent):
http://groups.google.com/group/comp...31f?lnk=gst&q=luis+variables#25fe94103c7a231f

Short answer: you can update globals() with a dictionary, as follows:

globals().update( dict1 )

Then you'll have each key-value pair as variables in the global
namespace.
The question is: should you do it?

Luis

 

[Jean-Michel Pichavant]

Check out this thread (very recent):
http://groups.google.com/group/comp...31f?lnk=gst&q=luis+variables#25fe94103c7a231f

Short answer: you can update globals() with a dictionary, as follows:

globals().update( dict1 )

Then you'll have each key-value pair as variables in the global
namespace.
The question is: should you do it?

Luis

The answer is known: no, he should not do it )

JM

 

[Andreas Waldenburger]

The question is: should you do it?

And the answer is: No.

And the usual disclaimer is: (Unless you *know* it's the best possible
solution to your problem.)

/W

 

[hiral]

The answer is known: no, he should not do it )

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Thanks for your explanations.