Is it possible to use a parameter in a class as an identification of the object? For example:
class simpleclass:
def __init__(self, name):
self.name = name
myobject = simpleclass("Jerry")
myobject2 = simpleclass("Jimmy")
how do I call all objects that have the name of "Jerry"? Is it even possible? Thanks!
Just check if the name attribute is 'Jerry' for each object that you want to check:
objects = [myobject, myobject2, ...]
[obj for obj in objects if obj.name == 'Jerry']
It sounds like you may want to use a dictionary to map an object's identifier to a list of all objects with the same identifier. Below is an example.
from collections import defaultdict
simpleclass_list_by_name = defaultdict(list)
simpleclass_list_by_name['Jerry'].append(simpleclass('Jerry'))
simpleclass_list_by_name['Jerry'].append(simpleclass('Jerry'))
for name in simpleclass_list_by_name:
simpleclass_list = simpleclass_by_name[name]
for sc in simpleclass_list:
# do something
list_of_objs = [myobject, myobject2]jerrys = [obj for obj in list_of_objs if obj.name == "Jerry"]__init__simplesof simpleclass instances, then `Jerrys = {simple.'Jerry' for simple in simples}. However, simpleclass instances are not callable.selfas the first arg to member methods