[Tutor] basic class loading question

[Dave Angel]

On 11/22/2011 08:17 AM, Cranky Frankie wrote:
> I have a basic question about how to load a class. If I have this class:
>
> class QB:
>      def __init__(self, first_name='', last_name='', phone='',
> email='', stadium=''):
>          self.first_name = first_name
>          self.last_name = last_name
>          self.phone = phone
>          self.email = email
>          self.stadium = stadium
>
> and this data:
>
> QB_list = [["Joe", "Montana", "415-123-4567",
> "joe.montana at gmail.com","Candlestick Park"],
>      ["Fran", "Tarkington","651-321-7657",
> "frank.tarkington at gmail.com", "Metropolitan Stadidum"],
>      ["Joe", "Namath", "212-222-7777", "joe.namath at gmail.com", "Shea Stadium"],
>      ["John", "Elway", "303-9876-333", "john.elway at gmai.com", "Mile
> High Stadium"],
>      ["Archie", "Manning", "504-888-1234", "archie.manning at gmail.com",
> "Louisiana Superdome"],
>      ["Roger", "Staubach", "214-765-8989", "roger.staubach at gmail.com",
> "Cowboy Stadium"]]
>
> What is the best way to load it? I'm thinking there should be an
> append method, but I'm having trouble getting it to work.
>
>
No idea what you mean by "load a class."

You can create an object by the classname and parentheses, containing 
the paramters as specified in the __init__() method.  So since your 
class was called QB (which should be Qb, by naming conventions):

obj = QB("Joe", "Montana", "415-213-4567",

joe.montana at gmail.com","Candlestick Park")

and since that happens to be one element of your list, you could use

obj = QB( *QB_list[0] )

If you want a collection of such objects, you might want to write a loop, and then indeed the append method might be useful.

Write some code, and show us where you get stuck.


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DaveA