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Date Tue, 4 Jun 2013 12:34:26 +0100
Subject RE: Beginner question
From Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com>
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On 4 Jun 2013 12:28, "Carlos Nepomuceno" <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com>
wrote:
>
> Started answering... now I'm asking! lol
>
> I've tried to use dict() to create a dictionary to use like the switch
statement providing variable names instead of literals, such as:
>
> >>> a='A'
> >>> b='B'
> >>> {a:0,b:1}    #here the variables are resolved
> {'A': 0, 'B': 1}
>
> That's ok! But if I use dict() declaration:
>
> >>> dict(a=0,b=1)
> {'a': 0, 'b': 1}    #here variable names are taken as literals
>
> What's going on? Is there a way to make dict() to resolve the variables?

Well yes.

dict(**{a:0,b:1})

The dict() constructor makes a dictionary from keyword arguments. So you
just have to feed it keyword arguments using **.

And if you're in a bad day,

dict(**locals())

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  RE: Beginner question Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-06-04 09:46 +0300
    Re: Beginner question John Ladasky <john_ladasky@sbcglobal.net> - 2013-06-04 00:53 -0700
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  Re: Beginner question Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2013-06-04 10:45 +0300
    Re: Beginner question John Ladasky <john_ladasky@sbcglobal.net> - 2013-06-04 00:57 -0700
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      Re: Beginner question Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-06-04 11:23 +0200
      RE: Beginner question Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-06-04 14:23 +0300
        Re: Beginner question Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-04 12:35 +0000
          RE: Beginner question Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-06-04 15:51 +0300
            Re: Beginner question Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-07 02:21 +0000
      RE: Beginner question Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-06-04 12:34 +0100
      RE: Beginner question Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-06-04 14:53 +0300
        Re: Beginner question Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-04 12:25 +0000
          RE: Beginner question Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-06-04 15:37 +0300
          RE: Beginner question Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-06-04 13:47 +0100
      RE: Beginner question Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-06-04 13:15 +0100
      Re: Beginner question Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2013-06-04 13:16 -0400
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