Converting string to argument
Heather Coppersmith
me at privacy.net
Fri Jul 2 08:08:59 EDT 2004
On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 18:07:16 -0700,
"Laughlin, Joseph V" <Joseph.V.Laughlin at boeing.com> wrote:
> class Foo:
> x = "blah"
> y = "blah some more"
> foo = Foo()
> x_string = "x"
> y_string = "y"
> # I want something like this to work:
> print foo.x_string
> print foo.y_string
> # The above should print out "blah" and "blah some more"
> # Any ideas?
> # Let me know if I need to clarify anything.
The usual comp.lang.python answer is "why do you want to do this?"
In most cases, wanting to do this is a symptom of something else
being sub-optimal. Perhaps it's as simple as putting x and y into
a dictionary instead of creating them as class attributes:
foo = { }
foo[ "x" ] = "blah"
foo[ "y" ] = "blah some more"
x_string = "x"
y_string = "y"
print foo[ x_string ]
print foo[ y_string ]
Regards,
Heather
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