dynamicly updating an objects fields

[kyle.tk]

I want to make a function that will work like this:

def updateField(object, fieldName, newValue):
object.fieldName = newValue

fieldName could be anything, the list of objects fields will grow as my
project goes on and i want to reuse the same code without adding more
if statements to it

this is the only way I can see doing it right now:

def updateField(object, fieldName, newValue):
if fieldName = 'name':
nodeDict[nodeID].name = newValue
if fieldName = 'color':
nodeDict[nodeID].color = newValue
..many more if's..

is the top example possible?

[Uwe Lauth]

kyle.tk wrote:

I want to make a function that will work like this:

def updateField(object, fieldName, newValue):
object.fieldName = newValue

This function already exists in python.
It is called settattr.

Regards
Uwe

[Robert Kern]

Uwe Lauth wrote:

kyle.tk wrote:

I want to make a function that will work like this:

def updateField(object, fieldName, newValue):
object.fieldName = newValue

This function already exists in python.
It is called settattr.

Or rather setattr.

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