Use the globals() Python dictionary.
E.g.,
$ python
Python 2.7.15rc1 (default, Apr 15 2018, 21:51:34)
[GCC 7.3.0] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> globals()['q' + str(5)] = 15
>>> q5
15
On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 3:36 PM Tevian Dray <dr...@oregonstate.edu> wrote:
>
> How can I create variable names programmatically, then assign values to them?
>
> I've tried creating variables with something like
> var('q'+str(n))
> but my attempts to assign a value to such a variable have been unsuccessful.
> The underlying problem is that I do not know in advance how many variables
> will
> be required, so I need some way to assign values to indexed variables in some
> sort
> of loop based on the index. But I can't figure out how to simultaneously
> call the variable
> using a parameter, and assign a value to this parametrized variable.
>
> This may be a Python issue, rather than Sage...
>
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