Is it possible to call separate dictionaries using a user input variable in Python 3? Any help much appreciated.

Question

Apologies in advance if this is a school boy error. I am developing a Python 3 script to do a series of calculations using values in a dictionary. This works fine for a single dictionary but ideally I would like to be able to call separate variants of this dictionary using a user input variable. I have tried to call the separate dictionaries using the variable as the dictionary name e.g.:

print(variable[X])

This however results in an error. is it possible to use dictionaries in this way?

Answer 1

Yes, you can do such a thing, although that's probably not how you should approach this problem. Better to make a list of dictionaries and just call them by index. It's a lot easier to keep track, especially if there are many of them.

But anyway...
https://code.sololearn.com/cULv3uY3OlZ0/?ref=app

Just input 'a' or 'b'

Answer 2

roughly said you need a kind of dictionary factory and your approach seems to be good.

dict1 = {.....}
dict2 ={.........}
dict3 = {...}
if input == 1:
variant = dict1
elif input ==2:
variant = dict2

variant is a dictionary

Answer 3

inp = int(input("input:"))
dicts = [{....,},{...},{....,}]

thedict = dicts[inp]

Answer 4

... or do what kuba says....always good idea (-;

Answer 5

other answer is good. i just want to give you advice, python is flexible language, so try solve it by your self first. if you really cant solve it, than ask here :v

Answer 6

Thanks both. I shall have a go.