Jorgen Bodde wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to simplify my code, and want to automate the assigning of
> variables I get back from a set. I was thinking of putting the
> variables I want changed in a list:
>
> L = [self._varA, self._varB ]
>
> self._varA is a variable I want to change when I pass L to a function.
> I know doing this;
>
> L[0] = 12
>
> Will replace the entry self._varA with 12, but is there a way to
> indirectly change the value of self._varA, through the list, something
> like a by-reference in C++ or a pointer-pointer?
No, there isn't.
But you could do
L = ['_varA']
for v in L:
setattr(self, v, value)
Diez
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