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flamesrock
Lets say I have a list containing 12, 13, 23 or however many entries.
What I want is the greatest number of lists evenly divisible by a
certain number, and for those lists to be assigned to variables.
This leads to a few problems..
If I don't know the length of the list beforehand, I can't create the
variables and hardcode them. Is it possible in python to generate free
variables without stating them explicitly in the code, and if so, how
would you get a reference to them?
Secondly, is there an easier way to chop a list up into smaller lists?
consider this code:
# my_list=[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,
# 15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25]
# entry=0
# dictionary_of_lists = {}
# while len(original_list) != 0:
# new_list=[]
# for x in range(4):
# if len(original_list) > 0:
# new_list.append(files.pop(0))
# dictionary_of_lists[entry] = new_list
# entry +=1
would give us
{1:[1,2,3,4],2:[5,6,7,8],
3:[9,10,11,12],4:[13,14,15,16],
5:[17,18,19,20],6:[21,22,23,24],7:[25]}
Is there a better way? What I'd like to do is create free variables
without needing to put them in a dictionary.
If not, is it possible in other languages?
-thank in advance
What I want is the greatest number of lists evenly divisible by a
certain number, and for those lists to be assigned to variables.
This leads to a few problems..
If I don't know the length of the list beforehand, I can't create the
variables and hardcode them. Is it possible in python to generate free
variables without stating them explicitly in the code, and if so, how
would you get a reference to them?
Secondly, is there an easier way to chop a list up into smaller lists?
consider this code:
# my_list=[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,
# 15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25]
# entry=0
# dictionary_of_lists = {}
# while len(original_list) != 0:
# new_list=[]
# for x in range(4):
# if len(original_list) > 0:
# new_list.append(files.pop(0))
# dictionary_of_lists[entry] = new_list
# entry +=1
would give us
{1:[1,2,3,4],2:[5,6,7,8],
3:[9,10,11,12],4:[13,14,15,16],
5:[17,18,19,20],6:[21,22,23,24],7:[25]}
Is there a better way? What I'd like to do is create free variables
without needing to put them in a dictionary.
If not, is it possible in other languages?
-thank in advance