Hi J,
You can use getattr and setattr for dynamic property access:
s = Story()
setattr(s, 'title', 'The three little pigs')
getattr(s, 'title') # Returns 'The three little pigs'
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 3:31 PM, J <j.si...@earlystageit.com> wrote:
> I need to assign a value to a Model property but its name is not known
> until runtime. For illustrative purposes, say
>
> class Story(db.Model):
> title = db.StringProperty()
> body = db.TextProperty()
>
> s = Story(title="The Three Little Pigs")
>
> Since I wanted to decide on the property name at runtime, I wrote:
> cmd = 's.%s = %s' % ('body', '"Once upon a time..."')
> exec(cmd)
>
> I shouldn't have to use exec. There has to be a better way of
> assigning values to properties.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
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