How to assign variable to a name, and also store name at same time in python

Question

If I have a variable, say:

variable_name = 1

I am not able to easily regain the name I gave to the variable, in this case: "variable_name" Therefore I was wondering if there is a method assign_variable to assign a variable but at the same time to record the name used to a list or a dictionary etc. ?

variable_name_list =[]
variable_name_list.append(assign_variable(variable_name = 1))

print(variable_name_list)

["variable_name"]

variable_name + 2

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EDIT: All variables get recorded in a namespace, but the issue is that I want to call a function from another .py file and this function should then get the variable names from the variable in the current file.

It already gets recorded, in your namespace. Look at `locals()`. — wim, Sep 03 '20 at 16:39
*if there is a method to assign a variable but at the same time to record the name used to [...] a dictionary* - yes. was there any problem when you tried to use a dictionary? — mkrieger1, Sep 03 '20 at 16:39
@ThierryLathuille I suspect the question relates to using Python in an interactive session, rather than writing code in a script. — chepner, Sep 03 '20 at 16:44

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 03 '20 at 16:42

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Using a dictionary, you can use:

dict = {"variable name": variable value}
print(dict["variable name"])

prints out variable value

answered Sep 03 '20 at 16:42

balexander1

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How to assign variable to a name, and also store name at same time in python

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