Create a variable "on the fly"

[Steve M]

PythonWin 2.3.5 (#62, Feb  9 2005, 16:17:08) [MSC v.1200 32 bit
(Intel)] on win32.
Portions Copyright 1994-2004 Mark Hammond (mhammond at skippinet.com.au) -
see 'Help/About PythonWin' for further copyright information.
>>> locals()['OSCAR'] = 'the grouch'
>>> OSCAR
'the grouch'
>>>