Creating alot of class instances?

[Tim Chase]

> The solution might be dead simple but I just cannot figure out at the
> moment.
> 
> For example this is what I need in the simplest form
> 
> class myclass():
>  def __init__(self,name):
>  self.name=name
> 
> for count,data in enumerate(some list):
>   instance_count=myclass()
>   instance_count.name=data
> 
> print instances

Sounds like a use for a list:

   instances = []
   for count, data in enumerate(some_list):
     # 1) camel-case is preferred for classnames
     # 2) since your __init__() expects the name
     # pass it in, instead of setting it later
     instance = MyClass(data)
     instances.append(instance)

This can be written in a slightly more condensed-yet-readable 
list-comprehension form as:

   instances = [MyClass(data) for data in some_list]

You then have a list/array of instances you can print:

   print instances

or pick off certain items from it:

   print instances[42]

-tkc