Paulo da Silva wrote: > Steven Bethard escreveu: >> Paulo da Silva wrote: > ... > >> If you're at the module level, you can do:: >> >> globals()['x'] = 10 >> >> If you're inside a function, you probably want to look for another way >> of doing what you're doing. >> >> What's the actual task you're trying to accomplish here? > > > None. I asked just for curiosity. My problem has to do with the normal > case of a class or class instance. When I saw setattr/getattr as the way > to solve my problem I just felt curiosity on if and how it could be done > outside a class. > > Thank you very much for your response. > Paulo
You don't need setattr/getattr if you know in advance the name of the attribute you need to access and you can get a reference to the object whose attribute it is. So: >>> import sys >>> x = "Hello, Paulo" >>> sys.modules['__main__'].x 'Hello, Paulo' >>> globals()['x'] 'Hello, Paulo' >>> regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden Recent Ramblings http://holdenweb.blogspot.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
