Peter Otten wrote: ... > I recommend that you use a dataclass /instead/ of a namedtuple, not > both. However, for a dataclass with the same fields in the same order as > in your namedtuple the conversion is trivial: > > Create compatible namedtuple and dataclass types: > > >>> NTRow = namedtuple("NTRow", ["alpha", "beta", "gamma"]) > >>> DCRow = make_dataclass("DCRow", NTRow._fields) > > Build the namedtuple: > > >>> ntrow = NTRow(1, "two", 3.0) > >>> ntrow > NTRow(alpha=1, beta='two', gamma=3.0) > > Convert to dataclass: > > >>> dcrow = DCRow(*ntrow) > >>> dcrow > DCRow(alpha=1, beta='two', gamma=3.0)
thanks, once i get the data in from the file i only have to reference it, but for the rest of the code i can use the dataclass instead and that will be easier to read than dicts. :) your help is appreciated. :) songbird -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list