How can I evaluate variable to another variable before assigning? [closed]

Answer 1

You've got a basic idea of how references work but you're getting confused. When you call the statement variables[0] = data[0] instead of reassigning what x points to you reassign what variables[0] points to. That's why "it does not work."

Here:

x = 0
y = x
y = 4

which is at the heart of what you're attempting to do. If you type this into the REPL you'll see that x still equates to 0, not 4.