About getattr()

[Samuel Karl Peterson]

"Jm lists" <practicalperl at gmail.com> on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:36:10
+0800 didst step forth and proclaim thus:

> Hello,
> 
> Since I can write the statement like:
> 
> >>> print os.path.isdir.__doc__
> Test whether a path is a directory
> 
> Why do I still need the getattr() func as below?
> 
> >>> print getattr(os.path,"isdir").__doc__
> Test whether a path is a directory

getattr lets you lookup an attribute given a string, so the attribute
wouldn't have to be hardcoded in your program, it could come from a
file, or from user input.

-- 
Sam Peterson
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