Is there a bulit-in way to create variabe names without writing them explicitly?

[Jory R Ferrell]

I'm using Python 3.2.
For instance, can I create several lists in a loop and assign each one a name created by a function?

[bvdet]

You can using built-in function eval().

[Jory R Ferrell]

Ok...lol...I just found that a little while ago but the way it was written I didn't completely understand it. Got it working now...thanks!

[Glenton]

Often a good way to do it (depending what you're trying to achieve) is to create a dictionary before the loop and then use whatever loop variable you want as the key for the dictionary. This is generally better than using eval IMHO. You also don't need to have a string as the key but can have any immutable type Eg an integer or a tuple.

[bvdet]

I agree with Glenton that using eval is not the best solution.

[Jory R Ferrell]

Yeh...after doing a little more research I found that Eval() poses a security risk. Besides that, the dictionary is less complicated.