For example I've created a set of list:
LIST_chr1=[]
LIST_chr2=[]
LIST_chr3=[]
...
...
Now when processing the text, for certain line, if I get "chr2", then I need to use LIST_chr2 thus select this list, how should I point to this specific list according to the list name?
Thanks
Usually, you don't want to do something like this ...
You could try:
vname = 'chr3'
list_I_want = globals()['LIST_'+vname]
Although, usually the MUCH BETTER way to do something like this is to store the lists in a dict in the first place
my_list_dict = dict(LIST_chr1=[],LIST_chr2=[],LIST_chr3=[],...)
and then:
list_I_want = my_list_dict['LIST_'+vname]
This seems like a better job for a list of lists or a dictionary. For example, you could just use a structure like this:
>>> lists = [["list 1","contents"],[],[]]
>>> lists[0]
['list 1', 'contents']
(where the elements 'list 1' and 'contents' are the legitimate elements of LIST_chr1).
To be clear, if you need to access the lists by some identifier, use a dictionary as in the other example, but if you are just getting the list based on a specific number, this is the way to go.
