On Jul 8, 2:18 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Imaybe someone can help me with this question.
> Is there a direct way of accessing an object instance, if all I know
> is the value of one of its attributes?
> The object is part of a list of objects, and I would like to pick the
> object directly by using this attribute value, instead of going
> through the list and checking if each objects attribute value is the
> one I am looking for.
>
> Thank you in advance
I'd set up a dict as a lookup table, assuming the attribute values are
unique per object.
list_of_objects = (obj1, obj2, obj3, obj4);
obj_lookup_by_attr = {};
for obj in list_of_objects:
obj_lookup_by_attr.set(obj.attr, obj)
[...]
obj = obj_lookup_by_attr.get(attr_val, None);
if (obj):
[...]
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