Setting a variable to reference another variable

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DS1 = 89.3923
Label = "DS1"
LabelValue = Label
print(LabelValue)

I'm stuck on something, I have some calculations which determines the value for "Label" in the case above, it's DS1. I want to return the actual value contained in DS1 when printing LabelValue so the print should result in 89.3923 rather than DS1.

Is there a reason you aren't using a dictionary? – jws1 Jun 06 '20 at 00:01 — jws1, Jun 06 '20 at 00:01

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 06 '20 at 00:03

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First this is generally a bad idea and you should instead use a dictionary like this:

d = {"DS1": 89.3923}
Label = d["DS1"]
LabelValue = Label
print(LabelValue)

But if you really don't want to you can look it up in locals.

DS1 = 89.3923
Label = locals()["DS1"]
LabelValue = Label
print(LabelValue)

answered Jun 06 '20 at 00:03

RedKnite

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Thank you for the examples @RedKnite , I will try and clean things up to use a dictionary – YongheChang Jun 06 '20 at 00:07

Setting a variable to reference another variable

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