Assigning values to variables using for loop

Question

I want to create variables that hold the values packet.{name of the variable}. For example, I want sectID to get the value of packet.sectID. I've tried:

lst = ['sectID','MP_Sector_ID']
for field in lst:
    globals()[field]=packet.field

but packet.field doesn't give me the right value. Also packet is a class.

What language are you writing in? Might be useful to add this to the question or as a tag — jraufeisen, Aug 23 '22 at 14:12
[How to access object attribute given string corresponding to name of that attribute](https://stackoverflow.com/q/2612610) — 001, Aug 23 '22 at 14:21
it is not clear what you are trying to achieve.... are you trying to assign `list` items to a `dict` ? — D.L, Aug 23 '22 at 14:44
for field in lst_duplicates: globals()[field] = getattr(packet, field) That worked, thank you @JohnnyMopp — Phiisnotdead, Aug 23 '22 at 14:50
There is no dict, I'm trying to assign values to new variables. @D.L — Phiisnotdead, Aug 23 '22 at 14:51
are the items in the list the variable `names` or their `values` of both ? — D.L, Aug 23 '22 at 14:58

Phiisnotdead · Answer 1 · 2022-08-24T08:11:16.867

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lst = ['sectID','MP_Sector_ID']
for field in lst_duplicates: 
    globals()[field] = getattr(packet, field)

edited Aug 24 '22 at 08:11

answered Aug 24 '22 at 08:10

Phiisnotdead

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