Hello Pythonistas
I'm new to Python, I hope you understand my question.
I would like to pass a parameter "gap" to a function. gap should be
used there to create a timedelta Object.
from datetime import *
def f(gap):
print (datetime.now() + datetime.timede lta(gap))
f('hours = -8')
I read in the manual that datetime does accept ints, longs, or floats,
which may be positive or negative. Same as the error message:
"unsupporte d type for timedelta days component: str"
I found out, that I can pass an Object
def f1(deltaObj):
print (datetime.now() + deltaObj)
f1(timedelta(ho urs = -8))
I would prefer the first version, as it is easier to use the string for
representation and so on.
Is there any way to pass a string to the function and use it there for
the timedelta?
or you might say I missed some basic concepts...
.... in any case, thank you very much!
Phil 1 6861
Philipp wrote: from datetime import *
def f(gap): print (datetime.now() + datetime.timede lta(gap))
f('hours = -8')
When you need a flexible input format, consider keyword arguments. In
this case, I would pass along the inputs to timedelta:
def from_now(**kwar gs):
return datetime.now() + timedelta(**kwa rgs)
from_now(hours= 8) returns datetime.now() + timedelta(hours =8), and the
function can now accept any of timedelta's arguments. For more on what
**kwargs means, see the tutorial: http://docs.python.org/tut/node6.htm...00000000000000 This thread has been closed and replies have been disabled. Please start a new discussion. Similar topics |
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