Python Class iteration howto !

[Alex Martelli]

"Sindh" <skodela at my-deja.com> wrote in message
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    [snip]
> 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.

For example, you can use the built-in function getattr:
    print getattr(a,n)


Alex