Thanks, Steve. This'll do nicely ;-) BUT... For some strange reason the following doesn't work in my Python *method*: dict = {} dict["Lee"] = 1 Error: Error Type: Python Method Error Error Value: Forbidden operation STORE_SUBSCR at line 3! <<-- ????? Which seems very strange. No matter what I try and store I get the same error. dic = {'two': 2, 'three': 3} return dic['two'] The above works fine but when I try and add to it I get the same error. If this is a simple mistake I'm making then I plead stupidity!!! Can someone tell me how to do this in my python method? I've tested all my code in IDLE and it works fine - why not in Zope? Answers on a postcard to the usual address! Thanks very much, guys. - Best regards, Lee Steve Spicklemire wrote: > Hi Lee, > > You could use a dictionary for this: > > vars = {} > > while (p!=0): > vars['p'+`p`] = string.replace(component[control], ",", "") > p=p-1 > control=control+1 > > then 'vars' will contain keys (e.g., 'p1', 'p2' etc.. ) and corresponding values. > > If that's totally not what you want.. a little more context would help. > > ;-) > > -steve _______________________________________________ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )