Bad programming style?

[Gerrit Holl]

Sposhua wrote:
> I'm sure this is bad programming (though I'm sure I'll be proved wrong), but I'd
> like to know how to do it anyway...

Why do you need it?

> I want to create a varaible name and use it as a normal variable, something
> like:
> 
> c=['r','g','b']
> VARIABLE_CALLED(c[0])='ff'

exec c[0] + '=' + '"ff"'

the 'exec' statement takes a string and executes it.
In this case, the string is:
'r="ff"'

I don't know if you already know this construction:
'%s="ff"' % d

regards,
Gerrit.

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