Kent Johnson wrote: > Carlos wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I am wondering if it is possible to create lists on the fly. The script >> that I'm working on needs a number of parameters, one of those is >> population, and this corresponds to the number of solutions that a >> genetic algorithm generates on each generation (iteration). The thing is >> that I need to generate one list for each population member and then >> append the corresponding population members to that particular list. >> >> This is only so you can have an idea: >> >> for i in range(5): >> 'list_%i' % (i) = [] >> Note, though this is pretty arbitrary :) and only saves you 2 characters... You don't need to create a tuple if you're only packing in one value. >>> i = 1 >>> 'list_%i' % i 'list_1'
works just fine. HTH, -Luke _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
