convert a string to a variable
Ned Batchelder
ned at nedbatchelder.com
Fri May 25 08:06:05 EDT 2018
On 5/24/18 6:54 PM, bruceg113355 at gmail.com wrote:
> I am trying to convert a string to a variable.
>
> I got cases 1 & 2 to work, but not cases 3 & 4.
>
> The print statement in cases 3 & 4 reports the following:
> builtins.AttributeError: type object 'animal' has no attribute 'tiger'
>
> I am stuck on creating variables that can be accessed as follows.
> animal.tiger
> self.animal.tiger
>
> Any suggestions?
>
>
Usually when people want to turn strings into variables, the best answer
is to not make variables, but instead have a dictionary.
But I don't know what you are going to do with "animal.tiger", so I'm
not sure the best answer. Can you say more about the whole problem?
--Ned.
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