jalanb3 wrote:
Context for this question arises from some recent code. In particular the
replace_line method, which takes in a regexp to look for, and a replacement
for when it matches.
It is supposed to work for single lines only (we add ^ and $ to the regexp), so
arguments which have '\n'
jalanb3 wrote:
... Given a variable name I can use locals() to get the value
Is there a way to do it the other way round
Given the value, can I get the variable name ?
(1) Yes you can in some cases.
(2) You should not, things do not inherently have a name.
With that prelude:
On Mon, 11 May 2009, jalanb3 wrote:
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def replace_line(pattern,replacement):
errors = '\n' in pattern and [ 'pattern' ] or []
errors += '\n' in replacement and [ 'replacement' ] or []
values = [ locals()[e] for e in errors ]
# etc, etc, and eventually:
print
Thank you Ken for your help answer
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Ken Seehart k...@seehart.com wrote:
jalanb3 wrote:
snip
def replace_line(pattern,replacement):
values = '\n' in pattern and [ pattern ] or []
values += '\n' in replacement and [ replacement ] or []
Can I later get
