How to use dot notation for dict in python?

Question

I\'m very new to python and I wish I could do . notation to access values of a dict.

Lets say I have test like this:

Answer 1

__getattr__ is used as a fallback when all other attribute lookup rules have failed. When you try to "print" your object, Python look for a __repr__ method, and since you don't implement it in your class it ends up calling __getattr__ (yes, in Python methods are attributes too). You shouldn't assume which key getattr will be called with, and, most important, __getattr__ must raise an AttributeError if it cannot resolve key.

As a side note: don't use self.__dict__ for ordinary attribute access, just use the plain attribute notation:

class JuspayObject:

    def __init__(self,response):
        # don't use self.__dict__ here
        self._response = response

    def __getattr__(self,key):
        try:
            return self._response[key]
        except KeyError,err:
            raise AttributeError(key)

Now if your class has no other responsability (and your Python version is >= 2.6 and you don't need to support older versions), you may just use a namedtuple : http://docs.python.org/2/library/collections.html#collections.namedtuple