getting a class attribute using a keyword argument

[Guy Robinson]

Hello,

I have a list of class instances. I wish to get the appropriate class attribute
in each class instance depending on a SINGLE keyword in the calling class.

How do I get the calling method to correctly recognise the keyword as a keyword
and not a class attribute? See example code below (which doesn't work).

class tocall:
def __init__(self):
self.title = "test"
self.name = "name"

def callingmethod(s elf,**kw):
for key in kw:
if tocall.key == kw[key]:
return tocall.key

which should work as such(but doesn't):

print callmethod(titl e = "test")
print callmethod(name = "name")

Regards,

Guy

[Nick Coghlan]

Re: getting a class attribute using a keyword argument

Guy Robinson wrote:[color=blue]
> Hello,
>
> I have a list of class instances. I wish to get the appropriate class
> attribute in each class instance depending on a SINGLE keyword in the
> calling class.[/color]

Py> help(getattr)
Help on built-in function getattr in module __builtin__:

getattr(...)
getattr(object, name[, default]) -> value

Get a named attribute from an object; getattr(x, 'y') is equivalent to x.y.
When a default argument is given, it is returned when the attribute doesn't
exist; without it, an exception is raised in that case.

Cheers,
Nick.

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[wittempj@hotmail.com]

Re: getting a class attribute using a keyword argument


Guy Robinson wrote:[color=blue]
> Hello,
>
> I have a list of class instances. I wish to get the appropriate class[/color]
attribute[color=blue]
> in each class instance depending on a SINGLE keyword in the calling[/color]
class.[color=blue]
>
> How do I get the calling method to correctly recognise the keyword as[/color]
a keyword[color=blue]
> and not a class attribute? See example code below (which doesn't[/color]
work).[color=blue]
>
> class tocall:
> def __init__(self):
> self.title = "test"
> self.name = "name"
>
> def callingmethod(s elf,**kw):
> for key in kw:
> if tocall.key == kw[key]:
> return tocall.key
>
> which should work as such(but doesn't):
>
> print callmethod(titl e = "test")
> print callmethod(name = "name")
>
> Regards,
>
> Guy[/color]
You probably want something like this:
class tocall:
def __init__(self):
self.title = "test"
self.name = "name"


x = tocall()

print getattr(x, 'title')
print getattr(x, 'name')
print getattr(x, 'bogus')

[John Hsu]

Re: getting a class attribute using a keyword argument

Guy Robinson wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hello,
>
> I have a list of class instances. I wish to get the appropriate class
> attribute in each class instance depending on a SINGLE keyword in the
> calling class.
>
> How do I get the calling method to correctly recognise the keyword as a
> keyword and not a class attribute? See example code below (which doesn't
> work).
>
> class tocall:
> def __init__(self):
> self.title = "test"
> self.name = "name"
>
> def callingmethod(s elf,**kw):
> for key in kw:
> if tocall.key == kw[key]:
> return tocall.key
>
> which should work as such(but doesn't):
>
> print callmethod(titl e = "test")
> print callmethod(name = "name")
>
> Regards,
>
> Guy[/color]

Hi,

This may be more like you want.

class tocall:
def __init__(self):
self.title = "test"
self.name = "name"

def callmethod(**kw ):
for key in kw:
if hasattr(tocall( ), key):
return getattr(tocall( ), key)

print callmethod(titl e = "test")
print callmethod(name = "name")