On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:56:19 +0000, Alan Gauld wrote: > "Bryan Fodness" <bryan.fodn...@gmail.com> wrote > >>I am trying to change values in a file. The following code does not >>seem to >> find the attribute. >> >> def anonymize(obj, attr): >> try: >> obj.attr = 'Anonymize' >> except AttributeError: >> pass > > This code is looking for an attribute of obj called attr It is not using > the name of attr stored in the attr parameter. > > To do that you will need to use the setattr function. > > HTH
I don't think you'll even need setattr (for the piece of code given), because anonymize receives a fixed string. If that code is part of more complex code where the string might be anything setattr might be needed though. What are you trying to do though? _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
