In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>"John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> class foo:
>> def method(self):
>> pass
>>
>> x='foo'
>>
>> Can I use variable x value to create an instance of my class?
>
>You seem to be asking "is it possible to call an object whose name is
>stored in a string".
>
>The answer is yes::
>
> >>> class Foo:
> ... pass
> ...
> >>> foo_name = 'foo'
> >>> foo_class = locals().get(foo_name)
> >>> bar = foo_class()
> >>> bar
> <__main__.Foo instance at 0x401e468c>
>
>Or, more succinctly but rather harder to follow::
>
> >>> class Foo:
> ... pass
> ...
> >>> foo_name = 'foo'
> >>> bar = locals().get(foo_name)()
> >>> bar
> <__main__.Foo instance at 0x401e46ec>
.
.
.
I hope few are so unwary as not to detect the apparent typographical
error
foo_name = 'foo'
for
foo_name = 'Foo'
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