naming objects from string

[Gabriel Genellina]

At Thursday 21/9/2006 00:59, manstey wrote:

>If I have a string, how can I give that string name to a python object,
>such as a tuple.
>
>e.g.
>
>a = 'hello'
>b=(1234)
>
>and then a function
>name(b) = a
>
>which would mean:
>hello=(1234)
>
>is this possible?

You may use another object as a namespace:

class X: pass
x = X()

a = 'hello'
b = (1,2,3,4)
setattr(x, a, b)

print x.hello # prints (1,2,3,4)
getattr(x, a) # returns the same

but perhaps if you explain better what you want, we can figure out 
how to do that...



Gabriel Genellina
Softlab SRL 


	
	
		
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