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Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:29:40 -0400
Subject: Re: How to convert a list of strings into a list of variables
From: Jerry Hill <malaclypse2@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 11:19 AM, noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am being passed the list of strings. =C2=A0I have variables set up
> already pointing to files. =C2=A0I need to loop through each variable in
> the list and do things to the files. =C2=A0The list of strings will chang=
e
> each time, include up to 22 of the same strings each time.

If you have a mapping of strings to values, you should just go ahead
and store them in a dictionary.  Then the lookup becomes simple:

def foo(list_of_strings):
	mapping =3D {
		"bar0": "/var/log/bar0.log",
		"bar1": "/usr/local/bar/bar1.txt",
		"bar2": "/home/joe/logs/bar2.log",
	}
	for item in list_of_strings:
		filename =3D mapping[item]
		do_something(filename)


(Untested)

--=20
Jerry