Eric Walker wrote:
> Well,
> I think I probably can do this easier in perl but I took a vow I would try
> and
> learn python. I know I am using classes here and really don't need objects.
> This is just another way for me to learn how to work with classes within
> python. My object actually will be storing like 5 or 6 different attributes
> but I didn't include them in the example. These attributes will be certain
> things that are read from the file. Once I get the objects i want to create
> in another directory the same files with the same names but put different
> data into the new files depending on what I read from the original files.
OK, I would just make a list of the objects, since one of the attributes is the
name you have everything you need in the object.
def getNames():
import os
currentDir=os.getcwd()
temp=currentDir + '/TEMP'
os.chdir(temp)
baseList=os.listdir(".")
data = []
for name in baseList:
data.append(TPROJ(name))
print name
return data
then to use the data something like
for datum in data:
f = open(datum.name, 'w')
#etc
Kent
>
> Python Newbie....
>
>
> On Wednesday 05 October 2005 04:29 pm, Kent Johnson wrote:
>
>>Eric Walker wrote:
>>
>>>New to Python and trying to do some class stuff with a simple task.
>>>Problem:
>>>1) get a list of file names in a directory
>>>2) create variables with the same name of each filename pulled from the
>>>directory.
>>>3) Create an object for each and pass into the __init__ method the
>>>stringname of the file name.
>>>
>>>This way I get a collection of objects that are the same name as the file
>>>name and within each instance of the class , a particular attribute will
>>>have the string name of the object. Hope this isn't too confusing..
>>>example.
>>
>>What will you do with the names and objects once you have them? A better
>>approach is probably to keep a dictionary that maps names to objects. If
>>your object is really just storing the name you might as well just keep a
>>list of names - the object isn't adding any value. If the object is going
>>to have more behaviour then use a dict. If you really just want to print
>>the names then you don't need to store them at all. For example with a
>>dict:
>>
>>class TPROJ:
>> # as before
>>
>>def getNames():
>> import os
>> currentDir=os.getcwd()
>> temp=currentDir + '/TEMP'
>> os.chdir(temp)
>> baseList=os.listdir(".")
>> nameDict = {}
>> for name in baseList:
>> nameDict[name] = TPROJ(name)
>> print name
>> return nameDict
>>
>>HTH,
>>Kent
>>
>>
>>>class TPROJ:
>>> def __init__(self,value):#createMethod auto executes since it has __
>>> self.BASENAME = value
>>>
>>> def display(self):#display method
>>> print self.BASENAME
>>>
>>>def getNames():
>>> import os
>>> currentDir=os.getcwd()
>>> temp=currentDir + '/TEMP'
>>> os.chdir(temp)
>>> baseList=os.listdir(".")
>>> for name in baseList:
>>> name = TPROJ(name)
>>> print name
>>>
>>>Can anyone see what I am trying to do?
>>>
>>>Python Newbie.......
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>>
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