dynamic argument name for functions
Carsten Haese
carsten at uniqsys.com
Fri Jan 12 15:28:00 EST 2007
On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 20:22 +0000, Simon Brunning wrote:
> On 1/12/07, mark <rkmr.em at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I want to pass a value to an argument of a function. The argument name is
> > dynamic and is stored in a
> > variable. How do I call the function using with arg_name and value as the
> > parameters.
> > thanks
> > mark
> >
> > For ex:
> > def function(arg1='None', arg2='None', arg3='None'):
> > print arg1
> > print arg2
> > print arg3
> >
> >
> > arg_name = 'arg1'
> > arg_value = 'i am passing a value to argument 1'
> > function(???????)
>
> Untested:
>
> function(**{arg_name: arg_value})
My version is superior: I tested it before replying. ;)
-Carsten
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