How to make values in a list become variables and set values to them? - python

Question

I have two lists, one a list with a set of strings, and another list with a set of various values of strings or numbers.

I want to make each value from the first list to be a new variable with the same name and set its value to a value from the second list with the same position in the list.

So for example,

list_1 = ['Part_Number', 'Qty']
list_2 = ['RE12345', 5]

# into something like this 

Part_Number = 'RE12345'
Qty = 5

Are you familiar with python [dictionaries](https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/datastructures.html#dictionaries)? — Axe319, Sep 19 '22 at 20:36
Use a dictionary: `my_dynamic_vals = dict(zip(list_1, list_2))` — tobias_k, Sep 20 '22 at 11:06

chrslg · Answer 1 · 2022-09-20T11:01:14.133

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I guess you are looking something in the effect of

for var,val in zip(list_1, list_2):
    locals()[var]=val

Not sure it is the best way, but it does what you want, if I understand your question correctly.

edited Sep 20 '22 at 11:01

answered Sep 19 '22 at 20:44

chrslg

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score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 20 '22 at 11:29

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You can do something like this:

for i in range(len(list_1)):          
    globals()[list_1[i]] = list_2[i]
    print(eval(list_1[i]))

print statement shows the values of each variable

answered Sep 20 '22 at 11:29

Saad Rehman

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How to make values in a list become variables and set values to them? - python

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