instantiate a class with a variable

[John]

Hi, is it possible to instantiate a class with a variable.

example

class foo:
def method(self):
pass

x='foo'

Can I use variable x value to create an instance of my class?

Thanks, John

[Ben Finney]

"John" <jo***************@yahoo.com> 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>

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Ben Finney

[Cameron Laird]

In article <ma***************************************@python. org>,
Ben Finney <bi****************@benfinney.id.au> wrote:

"John" <jo***************@yahoo.com> 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>

[Ben Finney]

Ben Finney <bi****************@benfinney.id.au> writes:

>>> class Foo: ... pass
... >>> foo_name = 'foo'
Dang. As Cameron Laird points out, this should be
foo_name = 'Foo'

each time.

Moral of the story: if the example already works, and then you cut and
paste into the message compose window, and then notice that it could
be clearer and edit it some more...

.... always test the example code you're *actually* presenting, after
all edits.

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Ben Finney

[bruno at modulix]

John wrote:

Hi, is it possible to instantiate a class with a variable.

example

class foo:
def method(self):
pass

x='foo'

Can I use variable x value to create an instance of my class?

You got examples using string 'foo', now if all you need is to store or
pass around the class, just use it as any other object (yes, classes
*are* objects):

class Foo(object): pass

x = Foo

f = x()
assert type(f) is Foo
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bruno desthuilliers
python -c "print '@'.join(['.'.join([w[::-1] for w in p.split('.')]) for
p in 'o****@xiludom.gro'.split('@')])"

[John]

Thanks for the help, this was exactly what I needed. Working Great
bruno at modulix wrote:

John wrote:

Hi, is it possible to instantiate a class with a variable.

example

class foo:
def method(self):
pass

x='foo'

Can I use variable x value to create an instance of my class?

You got examples using string 'foo', now if all you need is to store or
pass around the class, just use it as any other object (yes, classes
*are* objects):

class Foo(object): pass

x = Foo

f = x()
assert type(f) is Foo
--
bruno desthuilliers
python -c "print '@'.join(['.'.join([w[::-1] for w in p.split('.')]) for
p in 'o****@xiludom.gro'.split('@')])"