Assigning numbers to strings in a list {in PYTHON}

Question

Please can someone help me on how can I assign numbers to different strings in a list in python
eg. Iist = (tube, test, glass, paper, )
I want to assign tube = 1, test = 2 and so on
But like in this format
assign = (1, 2, 3, 4,)
and then use them as strings like :
2+1 = 21
Or
2 + 4 = 24
and get an output as:
test tube
test paper

Answer 1

Here a try using enumerate to generate the keys, and a dict comprehension to put all together:

def k1(n1, n2):
a=("tube","test","glass","paper")
c = {k: v for k, v in enumerate(a,1)}
return ' '.join([c.get(n1), c.get(n2)])

print(k1(*[1,2]))

Answer 2

https://code.sololearn.com/cN3Dxz9z4jEw/?ref=app

Answer 3

Kiibo, thanks, additionally suggested another way

Answer 4

I don't think something like this is possible because you can't use integers as a variable name.

But something like this should:

a = "tube","test","glass","paper"
b = (1,2,3,4)
c = dict(zip(b,a))

print(c[2]+c[1])
Output: testtube

I modified 𝐊𝐢𝐢𝐛𝐨 𝐆𝐡𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐥 answer a bit for it to work

Answer 5

Thank you everyone for the explanations🙆‍♂️