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Marc
Marc

Reputation: 83

Accessing class variables from methods located in separate files in Python

I have a class with larger methods (i.e. lots of lines of code) located in separated files as such:

├── myclass
│   ├── largemethod1.py
│   ├── largemethod2.py
│   ├── __init__.py

__init__.py:

class MyClass:
    classvar = "I am the class variable."

    from .largemethod1 import largemethod1
    from .largemethod2 import largemethod2

    def smallmethod(self):
        print("I am the small method")

largemethod1.py:

def largemethod1(self):
   # Lots of lines of code
   print("I am largemethod1")

largemethod2.py:

def largemethod2(self):
   # Lots of lines of code
   print("I am largemethod2")

Now I want to access the classvar from within largemethod1 and largemethod2. I have tried to do this with:

largemethod1.py:

def largemethod1(self):
   # Lots of lines of code
   print("I am largemethod1")
   print(MyClass.classvar)

But I get an NameError: name 'MyClass' is not defined error.

What is the correct way to access the class variable from largmethod1 and largemethod2?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 58

Answers (1)

Pythocrates
Pythocrates

Reputation: 553

Not enough reputation for commenting. So:

def largemethod2(self):
   # Lots of lines of code
   print("I am largemethod2")
   print(self.classvar)


# No need for class instantiation because cls is our class.
@classmethod
def clargemethod2(cls):
   # Lots of lines of code
   print("I am clargemethod2")
   print(cls.classvar)

Upvotes: 1

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