newbie question about self and eval

[Hamish Lawson]

>             token = string.split(lines,'\011')
>             bucket = token[0]
>             if bucket =='fee':
>                 self.fee.append(token[1])
>             elif bucket == 'fi':
>                 self.fi.append(token[1])
>             elif bucket == 'fo':
>                 self.fo.append(token[1])
>             else:
>                 self.fum.append(token[1])

> I know there must be a more effective way of appending items into the
> various class lists, (which probably involves eval or something
> similar

Try the following:

    token = string.split(lines,'\011')
    eval("self.%s" % token[0]).append(token[1])


Hamish Lawson


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