setting variables from a tuple NEWB

[manstey]

Hi,

If I have a tuple like this:

tupGlob = (('VOWELS','aeiou'),('CONS','bcdfgh'))

is it possible to write code using tupGlob that is equivalent to:
VOWELS = 'aeiou'
CONS = ''bcdfgh'

Thanks,
Matthew

 

[Paul McGuire]

Hi,

If I have a tuple like this:

tupGlob = (('VOWELS','aeiou'),('CONS','bcdfgh'))

is it possible to write code using tupGlob that is equivalent to:
VOWELS = 'aeiou'
CONS = ''bcdfgh'

Thanks,
Matthew

Try this.
-- Paul

tupGlob = (('VOWELS','aeiou'),('CONS','bcdfgh'))
for nam,val in tupGlob: locals()[nam]=val ....
VOWELS 'aeiou'
CONS 'bcdfgh'

 

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

tupGlob = (('VOWELS','aeiou'),('CONS','bcdfgh'))
for nam,val in tupGlob: locals()[nam]=val ...
VOWELS 'aeiou'
CONS 'bcdfgh'

Little warning: It works only on module level as assigning to `locals()`
return value in functions and methods has no effect on the "real" locals.

Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch

 

[nate]

Hi,

If I have a tuple like this:

tupGlob = (('VOWELS','aeiou'),('CONS','bcdfgh'))

is it possible to write code using tupGlob that is equivalent to:
VOWELS = 'aeiou'
CONS = ''bcdfgh'

could you use a dictionary instead? i.e.

tupGlob = {'VOWELS':'aeiou', 'CONS':'bcdfgh'}
tupGlob['VOWELS'] 'aeiou'
tupGlob['VOWELS'] = 'aeiou AndSometimesY'
tupGlob['VOWELS']

'aeiou AndSometimesY'

nate

 

[Steven D'Aprano]

Hi,

If I have a tuple like this:

tupGlob = (('VOWELS','aeiou'),('CONS','bcdfgh'))

is it possible to write code using tupGlob that is equivalent to:
VOWELS = 'aeiou'
CONS = ''bcdfgh'

Why don't you just do that?

VOWELS = 'aeiou'
CONS = 'bcdfgh'

What benefit do you gain by stuffing your variables into tuples?