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Re: How to convert a list of strings into a list of variables

From Roy Smith <roy@panix.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: How to convert a list of strings into a list of variables
Date 2011-08-19 08:57 -0400
Organization PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
Message-ID <roy-80E9C7.08575419082011@news.panix.com> (permalink)
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<2ab25f69-6017-42a6-a7ef-c71bc2ee8547@l2g2000vbn.googlegroups.com>,
 noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> wrote:

> How would you convert a list of strings into a list of variables using
> the same name of the strings?
> 
> So, ["red", "one", "maple"] into [red, one, maple]
> 
> Thanks for any help!

I'm not sure what you're trying to do, but explore the dictionary 
returned by locals().  You can do something like:

loc = locals()
[loc["red"], loc["one"], loc["maple"]]

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How to convert a list of strings into a list of variables noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> - 2011-08-18 07:57 -0700
  Re: How to convert a list of strings into a list of variables David Robinow <drobinow@gmail.com> - 2011-08-18 11:12 -0400
    Re: How to convert a list of strings into a list of variables noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> - 2011-08-18 08:19 -0700
      Re: How to convert a list of strings into a list of variables Jerry Hill <malaclypse2@gmail.com> - 2011-08-18 11:29 -0400
        Re: How to convert a list of strings into a list of variables noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> - 2011-08-18 08:54 -0700
  Re: How to convert a list of strings into a list of variables John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2011-08-18 16:09 +0000
    Re: How to convert a list of strings into a list of variables Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-08-18 18:48 +0100
      Re: How to convert a list of strings into a list of variables Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-08-19 11:42 +1000
    Re: How to convert a list of strings into a list of variables Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-08-18 19:45 +0100
      Re: How to convert a list of strings into a list of variables AB <antonio.a.barbosa@gmail.com> - 2011-08-18 15:05 -0700
  Re: How to convert a list of strings into a list of variables Kingsley Adio <adiksonline@gmail.com> - 2011-08-19 00:39 -0700
  Re: How to convert a list of strings into a list of variables Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-08-19 08:57 -0400
    Re: How to convert a list of strings into a list of variables noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> - 2011-08-19 07:32 -0700

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