Q:

Concatenating variable names in Python

I need to check variables looking like this:
if name1 != "":
    (do something)

Where the number right after "name" is incremented between 1 and 10.
Do I need to write the test ten times or is there a way (without using an array or a dict) to "concatenate", so to speak, variable names?
I'm thinking about something like this:
for i in range(10):
    if "name" + str(i) != "":
        (do something)

Edit: I can't use a list because I'm actually trying to parse results from a Flask WTF form, where results are retrieved like this:
print(form.name1.data)
print(form.name2.data)
print(form.name3.data)
etc.

A:

Use a list, such as:
names = ['bob', 'alice', 'john']

And then iterate on the list:
for n in names:
  if n != "":
     (do something)

or you could have a compounded if statement:
if (name1 != "" or name2 != "" or name3 != "")

The best solution would be to use solution #1.

