That worked. Thank you for the explanation. I was trying to take a list of these objects and insert it as a part of a mongo document using the pymongo package.
But based on what your input and little more reading up, I can use the "__dict__" method to accomplish the same. Thanks again. - Mukund > Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:58:09 +1000 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Tutor] List of Classes with a dictionary within the Class. > > Mukund Chavan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I was trying to get a list of Class Objects. > > The Class itself has string fields and a dictionary that is initialized as > > a part of the "__init__" > > No it doesn't. It has a dictionary that is initialised *once*, when the > class is defined. From that point on, every instance just modifies the > same shared dictionary: > > > class Person(object): > > """__init__() functions as the class constructor""" > > personAttrs={"'num1":"","num1":""} > > This is a "class attribute", stored in the class itself, and shared > between all instances. > > > > def __init__(self, name=None, job=None, quote=None, num1=None, > > num2=None): > > self.name = name > > self.job = job > > self.quote = quote > > self.personAttrs["num1"]=num1 > > self.personAttrs["num2"]=num2 > > This merely modifies the existing class attribute. You want something > like this instead: > > class Person(object): > def __init__(self, name=None, job=None, quote=None, > num1=None, num2=None > ): > self.name = name > self.job = job > self.quote = quote > self.personAttrs = {'num1': num1, 'num2': num2} > > This creates a new dictionary for each Person instance. > > But why are you doing it that way? Each Person instance *already* has > its own instance dictionary for storing attributes. You don't need to > manage it yourself -- just use ordinary attributes, exactly as you do > for name, job, and quote. > > class Person(object): > def __init__(self, name=None, job=None, quote=None, > num1=None, num2=None > ): > self.name = name > self.job = job > self.quote = quote > self.num1 = num1 > self.num2 = num2 > > > > -- > Steven > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - [email protected] > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
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