Access to class attributes by using a variable in Python? [duplicate]

Answer 1

This question has been asked several times. You can use getattr to get the attribute by name:

print getattr(tc, 'foo')

This works for methods as well:

getattr(tc, 'methodname')(arg1, arg2)

To set an attribute by name use setattr

setattr(tc, 'foo', 'bar')

To check if an attribute exists use hasattr

hasattr(tc, 'foo')

Answer 2

class TestClass(object)
    pass

tc = TestClass()
setattr(tc, "foo", "bar")
print tc.foo