Python Class iteration howto !

[Michal Wallace]

On Sat, 9 Sep 2000, Sindh wrote:

> class xyz:
> 	name=''
> 	age=0
> 	sex='U'
> 	address='U'
> 
> def iter(a):
> 	for n in dir(a):
> 		print a.n
> 
> but the above code says no attribute called a.n. How do I tell python to
> substitute n for a attrib from list.

You get the error because "a.n" is a completely different variable
than "n"... "a" is its own namespace. To do this kind of dynamic
stuff, you either need a little routine called getattr(), direct
access to a.__dict__, or to use exec/eval.... despite what they tell
you, ThereIsMoreThanOneWayToDoIt.. :)


Cheers,

- Michal
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