On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 4:07 PM, john <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > This is probably a question of questionable sanity, due to the fact I > don't think I can explain this well. I'd like to have a script set up > such that it imports a class that is named in the command line > arguments as the first argument to the script. > > Let's say I have a script, command.py, and I'd like to run it like > this: > command.py class_id_like_to_import --option1 value1 --option2 value2 > > where 'class_id_like_to_import' is a class name and --option1/value1 > and so on are arguments that get passed to that class. > > I know that trying to do something like: > > classname = sys.argv[1] > import classname
Python import modules, not classes, but I believe you're looking for the __import__() function. See the first entry on http://www.python.org/doc/2.5.2/lib/built-in-funcs.html Cheers, Chris -- Follow the path of the Iguana... http://rebertia.com > > doesn't exactly work. I've tried to google for something like this, > and search the old posts to this newsgroup and haven't quite found > anything resembling what I'm looking for. > > Thanks in advance, and apologies if this has been answered before... > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list