ianaré wrote: > yeah the subject doesn't really make sense does it? > > anyway want I want to do is this: > if n == 1: > > self.operations.insert(pos, operations.Replace.Panel(self, main)) > > elif n == 2: > > self.operations.insert(pos, operations.ChangeCase.Panel(self, > main)) > > elif n == 3: > > self.operations.insert(pos, operations.Move.Panel(self, main)) > > As you can see all the different functions have the same variables, so > it would be easier if I could just make a list and use that. > > like this: > > > list = ["Replace", "ChangeCase", "Move"] > textVariable = list[n] > self.operations.insert(pos, operations.[textVariable].Panel(self, > main)) > > Is something sort of like that possible? > Indeed. You don't need to use textual names (though for that you can investigate "getattr()) - the following, naturally, is untested:
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