How do I make different variables in for loops In Python

Question

I am making a program that has a for loop and every time the loop is ran I want it to make a new variable like

for item in range(0, size)
     (Make new variable bit1, bit2, bit3, bit4, etc with value of 0)

Is this possible?

The easiest is with `globals()["bit" + str(i+1)] = 0`. But most likely it is a bad idea, and you should use a dictionary. — onodip, Nov 11 '19 at 23:50

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 11 '19 at 23:46

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Create a List of variables and append to it like this:

bits = []
for item in range(0, size)
    bits.append(0)

# now you have bits[0], bits[1], bits[2], etc, all set to 0

answered Nov 11 '19 at 23:46

Samwise

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 11 '19 at 23:52

We can do this by appending to the vars() dictionary in the program.

for index, item in enumerate(range(size)):
     vars()[f'bit{index+1}'] = 0

Try calling the names now:

>>> bit1
0

And while this works, I'd recommend using a list or a dict instead.

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