Question

Say I have a dict:

d = {
    'eggs': 4,
    'cheese': 6,
    'coconuts': 8,
}

Is is possible to loop over the dictionary, creating variables named after the keys, assigning them the corresponding value?

eggs = 4
cheese = 6
coconuts = 8

Or maybe inside an object?

self.eggs = 4
self.cheese = 6
self.coconuts = 8

Is this possible?

Answer 1

>>> d = {
...     'eggs': 4,
...     'cheese': 6,
...     'coconuts': 8,
... }
>>> globals().update(d)
>>> eggs
4
>>> cheese
6
>>> coconuts
8
>>> d
{'cheese': 6, 'eggs': 4, 'coconuts': 8}

But for classes, it is easier(safer), just use:

for item, value in d.items():
     setattr(some_object, item, value) #or self.setattr(item, value)