How to assign values to a list of variables in a for loop in Python?

Asked Sep 21 '22 at 20:47

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If I write this code:

lst = [one, two, three] = [i for i in range(1,4)]

I can access the first elemnt of the list by lst[0] and by one at will.

How can I assign the values in the later for loop with the same result? A for loop I am referring to, e.g.:

for count, i in enumerate(range(1,4)):
    lst[count] = i

Of course, I can't start even from that:

lst = [one, two, three]

I am stuck and don't know how to properly do this.

I can do a workaround using dictionary but that's not what I want.

asked Sep 21 '22 at 20:47

Andrew Anderson

What is the desired output? – Sep 21 '22 at 20:49
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Sounds like the [variable variables](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1373164/how-do-i-create-variable-variables) issue. A dictionary is the way. – ForceBru Sep 21 '22 at 20:50
@bbbbbbbbb as I said, I want to access a value `"one"` by calling either `one`, or `lst[0]`. – Andrew Anderson Sep 21 '22 at 21:08
@ForceBru, a good read, thank you for a hint. Probably, the dictionary is the only way. – Andrew Anderson Sep 21 '22 at 21:11
Does this answer your question? [How do I create variable variables?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1373164/how-do-i-create-variable-variables) – Nick Sep 22 '22 at 04:05
@Nick not actually, since they use dict, and this is not what I wanted. – Andrew Anderson Sep 22 '22 at 16:58

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