[Tutor] creating variables at runtime

[David Maclagan]

Is is possible in python to create variables at runtime?

What I'm wanting to do is create instances of classes, given names 
based on user input

ie
userinput = "NARF"

(something done to userinput) = MyClass(), such that NARF will be an 
instance of MyClass. 

There would need to be some munging of the input, to prevent the 
created object from overwriting already existing stuff.

Is such a thing possible? Is it Bad and Wrong?

I'm a relatively raw newcomer using Py 2.1 under windows


David

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David Maclagan
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