instantiate a class with a variable

[Ben Finney]

"John" <johnwadeunderwood at yahoo.com> writes:
> class foo:
>     def method(self):
>         pass
>
> x='foo'
>
> Can I use variable x value to create an instance of my class?

You seem to be asking "is it possible to call an object whose name is
stored in a string".

The answer is yes::

    >>> class Foo:
    ...     pass
    ...
    >>> foo_name = 'foo'
    >>> foo_class = locals().get(foo_name)
    >>> bar = foo_class()
    >>> bar
    <__main__.Foo instance at 0x401e468c>

Or, more succinctly but rather harder to follow::

    >>> class Foo:
    ...     pass
    ...
    >>> foo_name = 'foo'
    >>> bar = locals().get(foo_name)()
    >>> bar
    <__main__.Foo instance at 0x401e46ec>

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Ben Finney