Parse key value pairs in a text file

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I suggest storing the values in a dictionary instead of in separate local variables:

myvars = {}
with open("namelist.txt") as myfile:
    for line in myfile:
        name, var = line.partition("=")[::2]
        myvars[name.strip()] = float(var)

Now access them as myvars["var1"]. If the names are all valid python variable names, you can put this below:

names = type("Names", [object], myvars)

and access the values as e.g. names.var1.

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