Assigning variables in loop Python -

i have piece of:

as, bs, cs, ds, es = ([] in range(5)) line in infile:    line = line.rstrip()     a, b, c, d, e = line.split('\t')     += [a]     bs += [b]     cs += [c]     ds += [d]     es += [e] 

since have many more 5, want loop takes less lines of code writing of out. like:

as, bs, cs, ds, es = ([] in range(5)) dynamic_variable_list = [as, bs, cs, ds, es]     line in infile:         line = line.rstrip()         in range(len(line.split('\t'))):             dynamic_variable_list[i] += line.split('\t')[i] 

which in case stores individual characters in list, whereas:

dynamic_variable_list[i] += line.split('\t') 

stores tab delimited entries each of variables of dynamic_variable_list. need store of tab delimited entries in separate variables top example shows.

dynamic_variable_list[i] += line.split('\t')[i] 

can rewritten as

as += 

rather than

as += [a] 

either surround in brackets before, or use append. or rather, split list , make more clear.

dynamic_variable_list = [as, bs, cs, ds, es]     line in infile:         columns = line.rstrip().split('\t')         assert(len(columns)==len(dynamic_variable_list))         index, col in enumerate(columns):             dynamic_variable_list[index].append(col)