Changelog

For the changelog, see www.salabim.org/vardict/changelog .

Introduction

With vardict, it is possible to build up a dictionary based on variable names and their value. For instance,

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first_name = "John"
last_name = "Smith"
name = vardict(first_name, last_name)

Now, name will be dict(first_name='John', last_name='Smith').

In the same call, additional keywords can be added:

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name = vardict(first_name, last_name, age=21, nationality="FR")

Now, name will be dict(first_name='John', last_name='Smith', age=21, nationality='FR').

This functionality is handy for calling functions with (many) keyword arguments, e.g. with salabim:

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for x in range(1001,100):
    for y in range(701, 100):
        text = f'{x}-{y}'
        sim.Animatext(**vardict(x, y, text, angle=45)) # instead of sim.Animatext(**vardict(x=x, y=y, text=text, angle=45))

Note that only variables are allowed, so no literals or expressions.

Usage

Importing can be done with

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import vardict

or

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from vardict import vardict

Installation

Just install with pip install vardict.