Re: [Tutor] generate a list/dict with a dynamic name..

2015-09-27 Thread Danny Yoo
On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 9:38 AM, bruce wrote: > Hi. > > I can do a basic > a=[] > to generate a simple list.. > > i can do a a="aa"+bb" > > how can i do a > a=[] > > where a would have the value of "aabb" > > in other words, generate a list/dict with a dynamically generated name There is a con

Re: [Tutor] generate a list/dict with a dynamic name..

2015-09-27 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 12:38:05PM -0400, bruce wrote: > Hi. > > I can do a basic > a=[] > to generate a simple list.. > > i can do a a="aa"+bb" > > how can i do a > a=[] > > where a would have the value of "aabb" > > in other words, generate a list/dict with a dynamically generated name Yo

Re: [Tutor] generate a list/dict with a dynamic name..

2015-09-27 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 27/09/2015 17:38, bruce wrote: Hi. I can do a basic a=[] to generate a simple list.. i can do a a="aa"+bb" Really? >>> a="aa"+bb" File "", line 1 a="aa"+bb" ^ SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal No. Moral of the story, never type something in directly, al

Re: [Tutor] generate a list/dict with a dynamic name..

2015-09-27 Thread Chris Warrick
On 27 September 2015 at 18:38, bruce wrote: > Hi. > > I can do a basic > a=[] > to generate a simple list.. > > i can do a a="aa"+bb" > > how can i do a > a=[] > > where a would have the value of "aabb" > > in other words, generate a list/dict with a dynamically generated name > > IRC replies ha

[Tutor] generate a list/dict with a dynamic name..

2015-09-27 Thread bruce
Hi. I can do a basic a=[] to generate a simple list.. i can do a a="aa"+bb" how can i do a a=[] where a would have the value of "aabb" in other words, generate a list/dict with a dynamically generated name IRC replies have been "don't do it".. or it's bad.. but no one has said you can do it