How can I create the name of a dataframe in a loop

Question

I want to name my dataframes in a loop.

This doesn't solve my problem in my understanding because I want to change my dataframes'n names not my columns's names.

So, I'd like to do something like this :

dfx = [df123, df456]
names = [678, 01011]

for i, df in enumerate(dfx): 
    "df" + str(names[i]) = df.drop.loc[:,"column"]

It seems basic but I don't know what to look for. There must be something to do with regex but I don't know where to look or to start.

You cannot use `"df" + str(names[i])` as a left-hand side in an assigment — Learning is a mess, May 24 '23 at 13:59
Look at eval(). You're probably better off using an array of DataFrames and indexing into it, but if you can overcome scope issues then eval() is what you need. — nicomp, May 24 '23 at 14:01
Don't try to do this, it is very bad practice. Use a dictionary. — mozway, May 24 '23 at 14:27

dmaon · Accepted Answer · 2023-05-24T14:19:18.293

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I'm not sure for what purpose this could be needed, but I think you can instead of having many data frames with different names, you can add your data frames in a list, that list could have your different data frames, or maybe a Dict can help you to name each of your element(data frame).

edited May 24 '23 at 14:19

answered May 24 '23 at 14:04

dmaon

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