convert a string to a variable

[brucegoodstein at gmail.com]

On Friday, May 25, 2018 at 8:06:31 AM UTC-4, Ned Batchelder wrote:
> 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.


Hi Ned,

I am writing a small interpreter just for fun.
My program reads and processes text from a file.
Good or bad, I prefer the variable syntax.

I got animal.tiger syntax to work. (thanks Dieter)
I am still trying to get self.animal.tiger syntax to work.

Thanks,
Bruce