Ok thanks, I will try this approach. The idea was that I could give a list to the SQL execute command, so that the results coming back would automatically be assigned to variables.
With regards, - Jorgen On 5/8/07, Diez B. Roggisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jorgen Bodde wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to simplify my code, and want to automate the assigning of > > variables I get back from a set. I was thinking of putting the > > variables I want changed in a list: > > > > L = [self._varA, self._varB ] > > > > self._varA is a variable I want to change when I pass L to a function. > > I know doing this; > > > > L[0] = 12 > > > > Will replace the entry self._varA with 12, but is there a way to > > indirectly change the value of self._varA, through the list, something > > like a by-reference in C++ or a pointer-pointer? > > No, there isn't. > > But you could do > > L = ['_varA'] > > for v in L: > setattr(self, v, value) > > Diez > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list