Python: Using vars() to assign a string to a variable

Question

I find it very useful to be able to create new variables during runtime and create a dictionary of the results for processing later, i.e. writing to a file:

Answer 1

Using vars / locals or globals in this way is (a) poor practice and (b) doesn't work in all cases. See Dynamically set local variable for more details. Bottom line: just use dicts -- that's what they're for.