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Python Object-Oriented Python Instant Objects Method Arguments

Posted by Mikal Chawdry
Mikal Chawdry
5,571 Points

Instead of using setattr() to set attributes from **kwargs, is there a reason the following code doesn't work:

Is there a reason the following code doesn't work:

class Thief:

  def __init__(self, name, **kwargs):
    self.name = name
    for attribute, value in kwargs.items():
      self.attribute = value

1 Answer

Zimri Leijen
Zimri Leijen
11,835 Points
Zimri Leijen
Zimri Leijen
11,835 Points

I may be wrong, as I am not an expert in python, but in javascript, using dot notation makes it literal, while bracket notation makes it dynamic.

I suspect the same to apply for python in this case.

So by saying self.attribute = value you are literally setting the key value pair as "attribute" = value. You want of course attribute to be dynamic,

Maybe self[attribute] may work.

Edit:

after some testing it is indeed setting the Thief.attribute to value, however bracket notation seems to not work in python the same way as it does in javascript, so my suggested solution will not work.