Accessing class attribute

[Rafael Justo]

Hi,

I'm new in python development (NEWBIE). While I was using Cheetah Templates I got a problem about accessing template variables.

I have an object like this (class Template):

>>> class A:
...  x = 1
...  y = 2
...  z = 3
 

But I'm just going to know the attributes names "on the fly". How can I set/get this attributes if I have just a string with the name of the attribute?

I know that I can't do this:

>>> print A."x"
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    print A."x"
              ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
 
>>> A."y" = 4
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    A."y" = 4
        ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
 

Any clues? =)

Best Regards!
Rafael

[bvdet]

Use built-in function getattr().

>>> class A(object):
...     x = 1
...     y = 2
...     z = 3
...     
>>> getattr(A, 'x')
1
>>> 

[Rafael Justo]

Thanks bvdet!

The setattr method was perfect for me!
setattr(class, attribute, value)