Setting variable values from dictionary

[Sean Berry]

If I have a dictionary like the following:

{'category' : 2, 'shape', 4}

How can I use this to make
category = 2 and
shape = 4.

I want to be able to do this regardless of the dict values type. So:

{'cateogry' : 2, 'shape' : 'circle'}

will work as well.


Thanks in advance for any help. You guys rock.

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[Dave Kuhlman]

If I have a dictionary like the following:

{'category' : 2, 'shape', 4}

How can I use this to make
category = 2 and
shape = 4.

I want to be able to do this regardless of the dict values type.
So:

{'cateogry' : 2, 'shape' : 'circle'}

will work as well.

locals().update(mydict)

Oops. I just actually read the docs:

locals( )
Update and return a dictionary representing the current
local symbol table. *Warning*: The contents of this
dictionary should not be modified; changes may not affect
the values of local variables used by the interpreter.

[Emphasis added.]

So, perhaps, the following is to be preferred:

for name, value in mydict.items():
exec('%s = %s' % (name, value))

But, what do you want to do about name clashes?

Dave