classes for fun and newbies

[Emile van Sebille]

Bruce Dykes
<snip>
> class call_record:
>     def __init__(self, record=''):
>         self.record_id=record[0:5]
>         self.date=record[6:11]
>
> etc...
>
> Now what I expect to be able to do is say:
>
> log = readlines(today.log)
>
> and then summon discrete bits of info like so:
>
> print call_record.record_id(log[1])
>

If all you want is the record_id you could do:

print call_record(log[1]).record_id

But if you want to get to the other attributes, you'll probably want to
save a reference to the object:

this_rec = call_record(log[1])

and then access the attributes:

this_rec.record_id
this_rec.date
etc.

HTH,



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Emile van Sebille
emile at fenx.com

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