Can you create a list of variables in Python without instantiating the variables?

Question

I'm trying to make my code cleaner.

I want to do something like:

gesture_sensor_data = [nod_gyro, nod_acc, swipe_left_gyro, swipe_right_acc, etc.]

I have this right now:

nod_gyro, nod_acc = fill_gyro_and_acc_data(nod_intervals, merge)
swipe_right_gyro, swipe_right_acc = fill_gyro_and_acc_data(swipe_right_intervals, merge)
swipe_left_gyro, swipe_left_acc = fill_gyro_and_acc_data(swipe_left_intervals, merge)
whats_up_gyro, whats_up_acc = fill_gyro_and_acc_data(whats_up_intervals, merge)

I want to run a loop through the gesture_sensor_data .

Is there a way to do this? Some kind of structure or something?

EDIT: I'll just show my full code in this function for context.

def generate_gesture_files(i):
    nod_intervals, swipe_left_intervals, swipe_right_intervals, whats_up_intervals = generate_gesture_intervals(i)

    merge = pandas.read_csv(final_user_study_path + "/P" + str(i) + "/DataCollection/data/merge.csv")
    nod_gyro, nod_acc = fill_gyro_and_acc_data(nod_intervals, merge)
    swipe_right_gyro, swipe_right_acc = fill_gyro_and_acc_data(swipe_right_intervals, merge)
    swipe_left_gyro, swipe_left_acc = fill_gyro_and_acc_data(swipe_left_intervals, merge)
    whats_up_gyro, whats_up_acc = fill_gyro_and_acc_data(whats_up_intervals, merge)
    return nod_gyro, nod_acc, swipe_right_gyro, swipe_right_acc, swipe_left_gyro, swipe_right_acc, whats_up_gyro, whats_up_acc

Answer 1

itertools.chain([fill_gyro_and_acc_data(i, merge) for i in [
    nod_intervals, swipe_right_intervals, swipe_left_intervals, whats_up_intervals
])

Answer 2

you could change your generate_gesture_intervalsand use partial

def generate_gesture_files(i):
  return reduce(lambda x,y:x+y, [fill_gyro_and_acc_data(arg, merge) for arg in generate_gesture_intervals(i)])