import modules at runtime

[Michal Wallace (sabren)]

On Mon, 8 May 2000 martin_valiente at my-deja.com wrote:

> Hi *
> 
> Is there a way to create an  object instance giving its classname at
> runtime?

Hey Martin,

how's this? :)

    >>> class C:
    ...    pass
    ...
    >>> def makeNew(className):
    ...     return getitem(globals(),className)()
    ...
    >>> makeNew('C')
    <__main__.C instance at 80dac50>


Cheers,

- Michal
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