Question

I want to write a python script that creates several dictionaries at once then print the dictionaries out but I don’t know how to convert a string to a variable.

number = 0

while (number < 10):
    number = number + 1
    dictionarynumber = ("D"+str(number)) # creates the dictionarys name(D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,D6,D7,D8,D9,D10)
    var(dictionarynumber) = {"Fruit":"Apple","Book":"Oliver Twist","Building":"White House"} #Of course var() doesn't work but I placed it here to get my point across
    print(dictionarynumber)

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After Answers:

I liked the idea about dictionaries and taking out the unneeded “D” makes sense. What do you guys think of this?

dict = {}
n = 0

while (n < 10):
    n = n + 1
    d = n
    d = {"Key":"Information"}
    dict[n] = d

print(dict)


# Output = 
#          {1: {'Key': 'Information'},
#           2: {'Key': 'Information'},
#           3: {'Key': 'Information'},
#           4: {'Key': 'Information'},
#           5: {'Key': 'Information'},
#           6: {'Key': 'Information'},
#           7: {'Key': 'Information'},
#           8: {'Key': 'Information'},
#           9: {'Key': 'Information'},
#           10: {'Key': 'Information'}}

Answer 1

If you want to give each dictionary a name, put them in a dictionary.

dicts = {}
# dict_list = []
for i in xrange(10):
    dictionary_key = ('d{0}'.format(i))
    dict_item = {"Fruit":"Apple","Book":"Oliver Twist","Building":"White House"}
    dicts[dictionary_key] = dict_item
    # dict_list.append(dict_item)

If you’re not hung up on using a name for your dictionaries, put them in a list.