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How can I use a string with the same name of an object in Python to access the object itself?

I’m trying to change name to a variable depending on the result of a match…

inds_EUR = [whatever]
inds_AFR = [foo]
inds_ASN = [other]

pop=inds_EUR ##imagine this is the case
for pp in ('EUR', 'AFR', 'ASN'):
    if pp in pop:
    paap='inds_'+str(pp)        
    break
foos=eval(paap)

What I’m tryin, is to set “foos” as the list to pass to this expression

matches = [item for item in inds_vcf if item in foos]

It works, but don’t know if it dangerous to use this eval() expression, here as it could be if using vars()
Am I doing it the right way?

Thanks in advance,

peixe

Answer 1

Use a dictionary:

inds = {'EUR': [whatever],
        'AFR': [foo],
        'ASN': [other]}

foos = inds['EUR']