Python's getattr, setattr and __getattribute__ commands works fine with python types. For example: print o.__getattribute__("name") print getattr(o, "name") This is the easiest way to get an attribute using a string.
In my case the "Node" class load/creates all the attributes from a xml file. Example <Input name="position" type="float" value="0.5"/> <Input name="color" type="color" value="0,0,0"/> There are certain atrributes of compound type. Example: # Array of colors, Here we are referring first color and second element (green) self.gradient.colors[0][1] = 0.5 # Array of floats, referring first element self.gradient.positions[0] = 1.0 Color, color array and floats are all custom classes. Now question is how to get these compound attributes using string as we do with default singular attributes. Example: getattr(o, "gradient.colors[0][1] ") I need this to save the data of nodes->attributes into a custom xml format, when loading this data back, I create the node first and then setup values from the saved xml file. Prashant Python 2.6.2 Win XP 32 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list