dictionary update

[Chris]

I have a instance attribute self.xds and a local variable xds in the
instance . Both are dictionaries. I understand that I can update
self.xds with xds as follows: self.xds.update (xds)

However I have many instance attributes, self.i, and local variables i.
I'd like to be able to do this:

for i in list_of_i's:
self.i.update(i )

How can this be done (I'm assuming it can be).

thx Chris

[Sion Arrowsmith]

Re: dictionary update

Chris <cfriedl@bigpon d.net.auwrote:

>I have a instance attribute self.xds and a local variable xds in the
>instance . Both are dictionaries. I understand that I can update
>self.xds with xds as follows: self.xds.update (xds)
>
>However I have many instance attributes, self.i, and local variables i.
>I'd like to be able to do this:
>
>for i in list_of_i's:
self.i.update(i )
>
>How can this be done (I'm assuming it can be).

I think what you want is:

for i in list_of_is:
getattr(self, i).update(local s()[i])

assuming list_of_is is a list of names not a list of the local
dicts (ie ["xds", ...] not [xds, ...]).

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[Steve Holden]

Re: dictionary update

Chris wrote:

I have a instance attribute self.xds and a local variable xds in the
instance . Both are dictionaries. I understand that I can update
self.xds with xds as follows: self.xds.update (xds)
>
However I have many instance attributes, self.i, and local variables i.
I'd like to be able to do this:
>
for i in list_of_i's:
self.i.update(i )
>
How can this be done (I'm assuming it can be).
>
thx Chris

Well, I'm note sure you have explained the problem fully, but if what
you mean is that you want to update an instance's variables from a
dictionary this can be achieved with

self.__dict__.u pdate(xds)

regards
Steve
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