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Tim
Tim

Reputation: 2050

Python3: string to variable

I've looked everywhere for this but haven't found a suitable answer yet and I don't want to use a dictionary.

How can I convert a string to a variable name? For example I have this call:

object.variable

This variable is defined in the object. However I have a LOT of variables (for a reason) and more to come. It seems stupid to do this:

s = 'variable'
if s == 'variable': object.variable
elif s == 'variable2: object.variable2
etc....

So is there a way to convert a string to a variable name?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 369

Answers (1)

jamylak
jamylak

Reputation: 133664

getattr(object, variable)

However I don't see any good reason to be accessing attributes like this...

Upvotes: 1

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