Import Question ..

[Skulled2003 at netscape.net]

Thanks a lot for all the answers.

The 'def' and 'str' were merely example names. I am not using any of those. 

Thanks for the replies again.

Vinod.

James Henderson <james at logicalprogression.net> wrote:

>On Monday 12 July 2004 1:32 pm, Peter Otten wrote:
>> Skulled2003 at netscape.net wrote:
>> > import def
>> >
>> > def dosomething(something)
>> >
>> >    if something == 'firstlist':
>> >       listdef = def.firstlistCommonPart
>> >    elif something == 'secondlist':
>> >       listdef = def.secondlistCommonPart
>> >
>> > This is quite frustrating if i have lots of definitions. So is there a
>> > way where i could get something like:
>>
>> Now 'def' is a _really_ bad name for a module - I'll use 'module' instead.
>>
>> import module
>>
>> def dosomething(something):
>>     listdef = getattr(module, something + "CommonPart")
>>
>> Peter
>
>Yes, "getattr" is the answer.  This came while I was replying so I'll just add 
>that "str" is also a bad name for a variable (it was in the OP), since it 
>masks a built in name.  "def" is in fact an impossible name for a module: 
>"import def" is a syntax error (as is "def.firstlistCommonPart") because 
>"def" is a reserved keyword.
>
>James
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