I use a list as part of a Python program, and wanted to convert that to an environment variable.
So, it's like this:
list1 = ['a.1','b.2','c.3']
for items in list1:
alpha,number = items.split('.')
print(alpha,number)
which gives me, as expected:
a 1
b 2
c 3
But when I try to set it as an environment variable, as:
export LIST_ITEMS = 'a.1', 'b.2', 'c.3'
and do:
list1 = [os.environ.get("LIST_ITEMS")]
for items in list1:
alpha,number = items.split('.')
print(alpha,number)
I get an error: ValueError: too many values to unpack
How do I modify the way I pass the list, or get it so that I have the same output as without using env variables?
I'm not sure why you'd do it through the environment variables, but you can do this:
export LIST_ITEMS ="a.1 b.2 c.3"
And in Python:
list1 = [i.split(".") for i in os.environ.get("LIST_ITEMS").split(" ")]
for k, v in list1:
print(k, v)