title: Using a string variable as a variable name
body: <blockquote>
    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1373164/how-do-i-do-variable-variables-in-python">How do I do variable variables in Python?</a>  </p>
  </blockquote>
  
  
  
  <p>I have a variable with a string assigned to it and I want to define a new variable based on that string. </p>
  
  <pre><code>foo = "bar"
  foo = "something else"   
  
  # What I actually want is:
  
  bar = "something else"
  </code></pre>