[Tutor] Initialize Class Variables by Dictionary ...

[Kent Johnson]

On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Damon Timm<damontimm at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey!  I am a newbie too but it works for me:
>
>>>> class Test(object):
> ...   def __init__(self,dict):
> ...     for key in dict:
> ...       self.__setattr__(key,dict[key])

Use the setattr() builtin:
setattr(self, key, dict[key]}

or just
  def __init__(self, d):
    self.__dict__.update(d)

BTW don't use dict as the name of a variable, it shadows the built-in
of the same name.

Kent