Re: dynamicly updating an objects fields

From: Robert Kern <rkern@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 07:16:03 -0700

Uwe Lauth wrote:
> kyle.tk wrote:
>
>>I want to make a function that will work like this:
>>
>>def updateField(object, fieldName, newValue):
>> object.fieldName = newValue
>
> This function already exists in python.
> It is called settattr.

Or rather setattr.

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