I'm sure this is a classic beginner's topic, and I've read a bit about it
online already, but I'd like to ask about it here as well. I want to assign
names to objects based on what a user inputs so that I can later keep track of
them.
In particular, I want to time multiple events by getting each of their start
times and later comparing them to their respective stop times--I don't want to
user timers. In order to do this, I need to give each start time a name
associated with the name of the event. If there is an "event A" it's start
time could be eventA_start, whereas event B could be called eventB_start, i.e.:
eventA_start = datetime.datetime.now()
The problem is, I don't know the "A" part...the user could choose eventPotato
or eventDinosaur. I won't know in advance. I want the name chosen/inputted by
the user to be attached to the name for the time that event started.
I have read that the way to do this properly in Python is with use of
dictionaries, but I haven't found a reference online that shows how to do it is
in a complete way. Any help is appreciated.
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