Ricardo Aráoz wrote:
> Kent Johnson wrote:
>> Andy Cheesman wrote:
>>> for thing in ["top", "right", "bottom", "left"]:
>>> eval("self." + thing).append("fish")
>> You don't need to use eval() here, use getattr() instead:
>> getattr(self, thing).append('fish')
>>
>
> What if you want to do :
> MyObj = 1
> myStr = 'MyObj'
> eval('MyObj') = 125
Usually a dictionary is the right solution, instead of a named variable.
values = {'MyObj' : 1}
values[myStr] = 125
Kent
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