Simple questions on use of objects (probably faq)

[James Stroud]

Brian Elmegaard wrote:
> "Matt Hammond" <matt.hammond at rd.bbc.co.uk> writes:
> 
> 
>>y_max = max([e.x for e in y])
> 
> 
> Would there be a way to refer back to the e with maximum x, or how
> could I find other attributes of it?
> 

You should look into __cmp__ and other magic methods. This is probably 
the type of functionality you seem to be after.

class C:
   def __init__(self, x):
     self.x = x
   def __repr__(self):
     idnum = str(id(self))[-4:]             #
     return "C(x=%s):%s" % (self.x, idnum)  # for demo
   def __cmp__(self, other):
     return self.x - other.x

# demonstration
import random
sees = [C(x) for x in (4,7,1,3,0,9,2)]  # random-ish ints
print sees
print max(sees)
sees.sort()
print sees

James

-- 
James Stroud
UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics
Box 951570
Los Angeles, CA 90095

http://www.jamesstroud.com/