Thank you, Don. That works great! I had tried setfield! earlier, but I was doing: setfield!(inst, varToChange, 20) and was (obviously) getting error.
I wonder why this is not automatically done by setfield! On Saturday, September 13, 2014 8:06:31 PM UTC-4, Don MacMillen wrote: > > setfield!(inst, symbol(varToChange), 20) > > On Saturday, September 13, 2014 4:47:46 PM UTC-7, [email protected] > wrote: >> >> >> Hi All, >> >> Suppose I have a composite type and an instance of it: >> >> type myType >> numLines::Int >> avgLength::Float64 >> end >> >> inst = myType(10, 8.5) >> >> >> I want to change, say numLines of inst1 to 20. I know I can do >> >> >> inst.numLines = 20 >> >> >> However, suppose the field that has to be changed is determined by the >> program. Say, I have, >> >> varToChange = "numLines" >> >> How can I use *varToChange* to change the value of *numLines* in *inst*? >> >> Thank you. >> >> >> >>
