Creating new variables in loop, with names from list, in Python

I think dictionaries are more suitable for this purpose:

>>> name = ['mike', 'john', 'steve']   

>>> age = [20, 32, 19] 

>>> dic=dict(zip(name, age))

>>> dic['mike']
20
>>> dic['john']
32

But if you still want to create variables on the fly you can use globals()[]:

>>> for x,y in zip(name, age):
    globals()[x] = y


>>> mike
20
>>> steve
19
>>> john
32

You can use globals():

globals()[e] = age[index]

Generally, though, you don't want to do that; a dictionary is much more convenient.

people = {
    'mike': 20,
    'john': 32,
    'steve': 19
}

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