On Wednesday, 9 January 2013 10:13:27 UTC, Stefano Probst wrote: > Hi! > I want to access variables in my code like in the > doc<https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/topics/settings/#using-settings-in-python-code>s. > > I have a code like the following in settings.py: > >> codec_baseString = "...XYZ:::" >> > In a other file (common.py): > >> from django.conf import settings >> def num2short(num, baseString = settings.codec_baseString): >> .... >> .... > > I get the error "'Settings' object has no attribute 'codec_baseString' ". > In the docs stand: > >> Note that django.conf.settings isn't a module -- it's an object. So >> importing individual settings is not possible: >> > Refer this sentence to the example after the sentence or to my plan with > my own variable? > Thanks. >
Your error is probably because the definition is evaluated at import time, when the values from settings.py have not yet been added to the django.conf.settings object. This would work better: def num2short(num, base_string=None): if base_string is None: base_string = settings.codec_base_string -- DR. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/5OaPAPshRvAJ. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.