Question

I want a function exactly like PHP’s compact function.

i.e., if I pass in a list of variable names:

compact('var1','var2')

it returns me back a dict:

{'var1':var1, 'var2':var2}

Answer 1

>>> import inspect
>>> def compact(*args):
...     d = {}
...     for a in args:
...         d[a] = inspect.stack()[1][0].f_locals[a]
...     return d
...
>>> def test():
...     x = 5
...     print compact('x')
...
>>> test()
{'x': 5}