Python Classes Question?

L'prof

I have created a class and I want to create an undefined number of objects of this class but, I can't seem to figure out how!

We'll say this is my class:

class team:
[INDENT]def __init__(self, name):
[INDENT]self.name = name
self.games = 0[/INDENT][/INDENT]

and I call it in my main program or through another function through:

teams = []
for i in range(10):
[INDENT]name = team("Arsenal")
teams.append[name][/INDENT]

So basically what I'm looking for is a list of team objects but, they seem to be overwritten and I think I know why (because the object is called the same thing every time it is entered into the list and is so overwritten?)

I've tried using strings and numbers but I get an error saying:

can't assign to literal

Anyway, I think I'm rambling...any suggestions?

sobriquet

There's an error in your use of "teams.append[name]", that should be "teams.append(name)" - is that just a typo?

The following works for me:

>>> class Team:
...     def __init__(self, name):
...             self.name = name
...             self.games = 0
... 
>>> teams = []
>>> for i in range(10):
...     t = Team("My Team %d" % i)
...     teams.append(t)
... 
>>> [t.name for t in teams]
['My Team 0', 'My Team 1', 'My Team 2', 'My Team 3', 'My Team 4', 'My Team 5', 'My Team 6', 'My Team 7', 'My Team 8', 'My Team 9']
>>> 

That's in Py 2.5.1 on Ubuntu FYI.

L'prof

Yes the teams.append[..] was a typo!

The team names I'm using are taken from a text file, so I don't really want to mess with them!

But that code you gave me works so, I think you're onto a winner there in some sense, any other ideas?

sobriquet

jasonorr wrote: »

any other ideas?

Em. About what? You read in lines (or whatever) from your textfile, as you do you create a Team object and add it to the teams list.

L'prof

Hey, I've just spotted my errors...not really sure I wanna tell you what it was :rolleyes:

Firstly, my teams.append(t) line was outside my for loop so only the last team was appended and I also had my teams = [] line inside a while loop instead of just before it so, I think that is where the overwriting occurred

Thanks for your help and sorry for wasting your time

sobriquet

jasonorr wrote: »

Hey, I've just spotted my errors...not really sure I wanna tell you what it was :rolleyes:

Firstly, my teams.append(t) line was outside my for loop so only the last team was appended and I also had my teams = [] line inside a while loop instead of just before it so, I think that is where the overwriting occurred

Thanks for your help and sorry for wasting your time

Yeah, those sound like showstoppers alright! No bother.