On Aug 23, 10:21 pm, "bambam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Would someone like to suggest a replacement for this? This is a
> function that returns different kinds of similar objects, depending
> on what is asked for. PSP and PWR are classes. I don't really
> want to re-write the calling code very much: I'm just wondering
> if the function can be replaced with some kind of OOP pattern.
>
> def Device(DeviceType):
> if DeviceType=='PSP':
> return PSP()
> elif DeviceType=="Power Supply"
> return PWR()
> etc...
>
> Thanks!
Typically, you'd use a dictionary:
DEVICE_DICT = {
'PSP': PSP.
'Power Supply': PWR,
# etc.
}
and your function would simply return DEVICE_DICT[device_type]()
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