[Tutor] Help: get/set attributes via string names

[Kalle Svensson]

[pm5 at matilda.fiorile.org]
> As far as I can tell, there are various way to [1]customize an
> attribute for an object.  Consequetly an attribute may be
> well-defined even if the name is not in ob.__dict__.  So given a
> string name, how do I access the attribute correctly, if I don't
> know the way it is defined?

Use the built-in functions getattr and setattr.

Peace,
  Kalle
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