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Chris Rebert
Dec 31, 2009, 1:50:38 AM12/31/09
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On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 9:22 PM, AON LAZIO <aonl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I would like to know how we could create attribute from string
>
> say I want to assign value 0.05 to an object attribute
>
> I like to input "SIGNIFICANT" and 0.05 and get
> object.SIGFICANT equals to 0.05
> Hi,
> I would like to know how we could create attribute from string
>
> say I want to assign value 0.05 to an object attribute
>
> I like to input "SIGNIFICANT" and 0.05 and get
> object.SIGFICANT equals to 0.05
setattr(obj, "SIGNIFICANT", 0.05)
Cheers,
Chris
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Steve Holden
Dec 31, 2009, 8:10:33 AM12/31/09
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Chris Rebert wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 9:22 PM, AON LAZIO <aonl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I would like to know how we could create attribute from string
>>
>> say I want to assign value 0.05 to an object attribute
>>
>> I like to input "SIGNIFICANT" and 0.05 and get
>> object.SIGFICANT equals to 0.05
>
> setattr(obj, "SIGNIFICANT", 0.05)
>
This bald reply, however, hides the simple fact that this is ALMOST> On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 9:22 PM, AON LAZIO <aonl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I would like to know how we could create attribute from string
>>
>> say I want to assign value 0.05 to an object attribute
>>
>> I like to input "SIGNIFICANT" and 0.05 and get
>> object.SIGFICANT equals to 0.05
>
> setattr(obj, "SIGNIFICANT", 0.05)
>
NEVER what you actually want to do. Look at using a dict to store these
values against string keys rather than playing with the namespace in
this way.
regards
Steve
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