checking for the existence of an attribute

[Dave Kuhlman]

Bob Roberts wrote:

> I'm sure there must be a better way to do this:
> 
>         try:
>             if item.page:
>                 DoSomething()
>         except AttributError:
>             pass
> 
> Is there a simple way to check if item has "page" as one of its
> attributes?

Look at built-in function `getattr`.

    http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/built-in-funcs.html

Dave

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