How to point to a variable dynamically using str to update its value

I want to update some lists they are named like

ACL = []
ANL = []
APL = []
# more around 50+ 

I also have these names in the form of str inside a tuple

CHOICES = [ 'ACL', 'ANL', 'APL' ]

Now I’m making a query into the database when I’m getting the results of ACL I want to update the ACL list. There’s no problem in querying data and appending it to the list. But my problem is I have to query and append each list independently. But I want to utilize the choices, iterating them and updating the relative list

That’s my current approach:

acl_filtered_data = [{"results" : "result"} for j in qs if j.choice == 'ANL']
ACL.append(acl_filtered_data)

And the same for the other choices.

So here I want to run a loop for all the available choices and append it into the related list.

for i in CHOICES:
    filtered_data = [{"results" : "result"} for j in qs if j.choice == i]
    # here I want to point ACL = [] and append it with the filtered_data and also keep repeating for the others 
    # I'm not sure how I can do that.

I need your help to achieve this kind of logic. Thanks

>Solution :

Create a dictionary or list of tuples, like you had before, where each string references the corresponding list.

Then on each iteration you have a reference to the list that you need to append to.

ACL = []
ANL = []
APL = []
CHOICES = {'ACL': ACL, 'ANL': ANL, 'APL': APL}
  
...

for key, value in CHOICES.items():
    filtered_data = [{"results" : "result"} for j in qs if j.choice == key]
    value.append(filtered_data)

Or using tuples.

ACL = []
ANL = []
APL = []
CHOICES = [('ACL', ACL), ('ANL', ANL), ('APL', APL)]
  
...

for text, lst in CHOICES:
    filtered_data = [{"results" : "result"} for j in qs if j.choice == text]
    lst.append(filtered_data)