[Tutor] generating instance names from a list

[Karl Fast]

This works. This is the solution I was looking for. Much thanks.

I've summarized the problem and the solution below, for anyone who
cares and doesn't want to piece together the thread.


> When the name of an attribute is in a variable, you can use the
> builtin functions:
> 	getattr(obj, name[,default])
> 	hasattr(obj, name)
> 	setattr(obj, name, value)
> to work with the attribue and its object.


THE PROBLEM:

You've got a list of names and want to create an instance for each
item in the list.  

THE SOLUTION:

class SomeClass:
 
   def somefunc(self):
       names = ['alpha', 'beta']
       
       for item in names:
           setattr(self, item, OtherClass())

class OtherClass:
   ....


So if you do this:

  >>> a = SomeClass()
  >>> a.somefunc()

You will now have a.alpha and a.beta, both instances of OtherClass.



--karl