How can I access an object by name if its name is in string variable?

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I have numerous dictionaries. I have their names stored in a list (as strings). How can I programmatically access a specific dictionary using a name stored as a string?

>>> dict1 = dict([('key1',1), ('key',2), ('key3',3)])
>>> dict1.keys()
dict_keys(['key2', 'key1', 'key3'])
>>> dictname = 'dict1'
>>> dictname.keys()
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'keys'

I understand why this doesn't work, but can it be done some other way?

You can also see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9437726/how-to-get-the-value-of-a-variable-given-its-name-in-a-string — Thierry Lathuille, Jul 20 '17 at 15:39

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 20 '17 at 15:41

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Perhaps something like this (assuming dictname is defined)?

dictname['dict1'] = dict1

If not:

dictname = {'dict1': dict1}

and then...

dictname['dict1'].keys()
>>> dict_keys(['key1', 'key2', 'key3'])

answered Jul 20 '17 at 15:41

flevinkelming

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How can I access an object by name if its name is in string variable?

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