Hazlett, Les wrote: > > Hi, > > I read the information at > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor but am still not sure > how to properly send a question. Will I get an email response without > joining the list? > You will get an e-mail response from me because I am using the reply-all feature which sends a copy to you and another to the list. Other people who don't reply with this method will not have e-mails you can see. You should join the list. > > I thought when I read the 2002 thread with the subject (Creating an > Identifier or Object Name from a String?), that I had found a solution > to my problem. But, I can't make the concept work for creating an > object identifier. > > THIS WORKS [snip] > > BUT - THIS DOESN'T > > class nsf(object): > # name = '' > def __init__(self, id): > self.name = id > > # main > cmdstr = "Ireland = nsf('Ireland')" > eval(cmdstr) > >>> exec('x = "hello"') >>> print x hello
you're using the wrong function. This is still a Very Bad Idea (tm) and you can almost always accomplish this in a safer way. HTH, -Luke _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
