Python - Use a variable as a list name

Question

I have this code in python.

import sys
list1 = [\"A\", \"B\", \"C\"]
list2 = [1, 2, 3]

myarg = sys.argv[1]
print len(myarg)

I will run thi

Answer 1

You shouldn't, but if you really want/have to do this, you can use globals():

print len(globals()[myarg])

First make sure myarg is the name of a declared variable: if myarg in globals(): ...