convert a string to a variable

[Ned Batchelder]

On 5/24/18 6:54 PM, bruceg113355 at gmail.com wrote:
> I am trying to convert a string to a variable.
>
> I got cases 1 & 2 to work, but not cases 3 & 4.
>
> The print statement in cases 3 & 4 reports the following:
>      builtins.AttributeError: type object 'animal' has no attribute 'tiger'
>      
> I am stuck on creating variables that can be accessed as follows.
>            animal.tiger
>            self.animal.tiger
>
> Any suggestions?
>
>

Usually when people want to turn strings into variables, the best answer 
is to not make variables, but instead have a dictionary.

But I don't know what you are going to do with "animal.tiger", so I'm 
not sure the best answer.  Can you say more about the whole problem?

--Ned.