Converting string elements in a list into separate variables

Asked Oct 23 '20 at 12:20

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I have a list of string elements and what I want to do is to turn each element into a variable whose name is the string.

brands = ['Sony','Samsung','Apple','Panasonic','Sennheiser','LG','AudioTechnica','Acer','Verizon']

I want to create new variables Sony, Samsung, Apple, etc. which will be empty lists []. How can I go about doing this?

asked Oct 23 '20 at 12:20

parkjw96

Actually, you're probably better off leaving the list as-is. Include the rest of your code for optimal feedback. – Tim Biegeleisen Oct 23 '20 at 12:21
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Don't. Use a dict. `brands = {b: [] for b in brands}`. – deceze Oct 23 '20 at 12:21
What about doing this bad idea? `for n in brands: locals()[n] = 'bad idea'` – mathfux Oct 23 '20 at 12:24
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@mathfux That's a bad idea. – deceze Oct 23 '20 at 12:52
Oh, never thought of dictionaries, that's actually the best, thank you – parkjw96 Oct 24 '20 at 00:42

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