I have this method that takes in an unknown number of args and I have some variables from another class that I want to match the arg variable name to. The variable names are the same across this current class and the OtherClass. I was thinking something like:
def my_method(self, *args):
for arg in args:
OtherClass.arg_variable_name = arg # where "arg" on the right is the value
How could I do this effectively in python?
I think you should use **kwds instead of args. *args are values, so the caller can send it not with the variable, but just value itself.
my_object.my_method(1, 2, 3, "string")
If you use **kwds, you'll know the key, value pairs.
You could use something like
dict( (name,eval(name)) for name in['self','args']
To get a dict with the values for each argument, and then from there you could match the dict values with your respective arg variable name.
dictx=5;def n(p):print "varname is ?"; n(x) ;is the var name of 5 x or p ? multiple names can point to the same object... what is the actual variable name of the object?