On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:09:43 +0000, John Gordon wrote: >> How would you convert a list of strings into a list of variables using >> the same name of the strings? > >> So, ["red", "one", "maple"] into [red, one, maple] > > If the strings and the object names are exactly the same, you could use > eval().
Eval is overkill for variables; use globals() and/or locals(). But data which is supposed to be indexed by a variable key (i.e. a name which is determined at run-time) should normally be put into a dictionary. If access with fixed keys is far more common than variable keys, using an object (with getattr/setattr for variable keys) may be preferable. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
