Convert a string into variable

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What I am trying to do is x = "string1" y = "string2"

and output should be

string1 = "string2"

I have tried: exec("%s = %s" % (x,y))

If I put y =2 #or any number It will give the desired result but when I assign a string (y= "anystring" it tries to execute anystring and gives error: NameError( name "anystring" is not defined

Maybe I don't know exactly how to use the exec command. Any kind of help/suggestion would be helpful.

Priyank Chheda · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-10 12:36:38Z

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y value should be in quotes.

>>> x = "string1"
>>> y = "string2"
>>> exec("%s = '%s'" % (x,y))
>>> string1
'string2'

answered Nov 10, 2020 at 12:36

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