DJANGO - Pass Table Name In Function

Question

I'm trying to learn how I can pass a table variable name through a function. So for example lets say I have a model like below

Bio(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    address = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    country = models.CharField(max_length=200)

now I want to be able to pass the table name through the function. So normally I would do a

people = Bio.objects.all()
for x in people:
    print x.name

I want to be able to pass the "name" variable through the function something like this...

def print_name(variable):
    people = Bio.objects.all()
    for x in people:
        print x.variable

print_name(name)

I'm not sure exactly what I should be looking into. Thanks.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 30 '16 at 15:10

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How about this...

print x.__dict__[variable]

now you can pass this variable as string. Hope this helps.

answered Aug 30 '16 at 15:10

Swakeert Jain

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But `name` is a class attribute. Will it appear in `__dict__` ? – rafaelc Aug 30 '16 at 15:11
After your edit: Yes, please try – Swakeert Jain Aug 30 '16 at 15:11
No, name is not a class attribute. `__dict__` still isn't the best way of doing it, though. – Daniel Roseman Aug 30 '16 at 15:20

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 30 '16 at 15:13

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You could do

def print_name(variable):
    everyone= Bio.objects.all()
    for x in everyone:
        print x.__getattribute__("name")

print_name("name")

answered Aug 30 '16 at 15:13

rafaelc

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 30 '16 at 15:14

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Try following

def print_name(variable):
    people = Bio.objects.all()
    for x in people:
        print getattr(x, variable)

print_name(name)

May be this help.

answered Aug 30 '16 at 15:14

NIKHIL RANE

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DJANGO - Pass Table Name In Function

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