BBands wrote: > I start with a text file of ticker symbols. I read each symbol and > stick it in a list, retrieve the data for it from MySQL, do a trivial > smoothing and pass the data to a modeling routine. I read the tickers > into a list, self.symbols.
OK... > Then for each ticker I create a list, > self._0, self._1, ... That's not a list. That's a bunch of attributes. > I end up with data I can access > with self.__dict__["_" + str(var)] and a matching symbol which I can > access self.symbols[var]. Ideas for a better approach gladly accepted. Why don't you use a real list instead? I don't understand what self.__dict__["_" + str(var)] gets you. self.symbols = ["IBM", "MSFT", "SCOX"] self.values = [99, 100, 0.25] self.smooth_values = [100, 100, 0] or you could use a dict: self.values = dict(IBM=99, MSFT=100, SCOX=0.25) -- Michael Hoffman -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
