Why can’t I initialize instances using for loop – Python, class

error: name ‘w1’ is not defined I tried to use for loop to initialize all the workers( w1, w2, w3) so i can access them afterwards. But when I try to access them they say the instance is not defined, is it possible that you cant initialize using for loop. Thanks in advance, beginner here.

   class Worker(object):
        
    
        def __init__(self, name, age):
             self.name=name
             self.age=age
    
    worker_list=["w1", "w2", "w3"]
    
    for i in worker_list:
        name=input("what is the worker's name?")
        age=input("What is the worker's age?")
        i=Worker(name, age)
        
    print(w1.name)
            

Answer

class Worker(object):
    def __init__(self, name, age):
        self.name=name
        self.age=age

worker_list=["w1", "w2", "w3"]

workers = {}

for worker in worker_list:
    name=input("what is the worker's name?")
    age=input("What is the worker's age?")
    object=Worker(name, age)
    workers[worker] = object

print(workers['w1'].name)

I think the best solution is to use a dictionary, create a empty dictionary, and for any element in your worker_list insert a key/value pair into the dictionary, where the key is the element of your worker_list so, w1, w2, w3 and the value is the relative Worker() object.

This way you can retrieve your object using keys instead of anonymous numerical indeces.