On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 2:30 AM, Jim Morcombe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> I have an object called "myObject" with an attribute called "colour". > > If I type: > print myObject.colour > then python prints: > red > > Now, I have a variable "myAttribute" and set its value to "colour" by > typing: > myAttribute = "colour" > > I want to have a line of code: something like this: > print myObject.myAttribute > and have Python interpret it as meaning "print myObject.colour" and hence > print "red" > > > Can this be done? If so, how? > > Jim Morcombe > print(getattr(myObject, "colour")) Here's the effbot article: http://effbot.org/zone/python-getattr.htm -- www.fsrtechnologies.com
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