d_shell = {
        'var' : 0,
        'var2' : 0,
        'var3' : 0,
        'var4' : 0,
        'var5' : 0
    }


for t in df['col']:
    new_dict = d_shell.fromkeys(['var', 'var2', 'var3', 'var4', 'var5'])
    for key in new_dict.items():
        if key in df['col']:
            value = df['other_col']
        else:
            value = 0