django python eval

Question

I have some code snippet of code I'd like to abstract to a function that only has one small change that needs to be dynamic

if myUser.profile.get_setting_c == True :
# below does not work but you get the idea, how 
if myUser.profile.eval('get_setting_c') == True :

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

4

Is this what you want?

getattr(myUser.profile, 'get_setting_c')

BTW, using eval is considered bad practice in python, see Is using eval in Python a bad practice? .

edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

Community

answered Dec 20 '11 at 02:13

satoru

Just to complete: assign to a variable like "attr = getattr(myUser.profile, 'get_setting_c'); if attr == True:" – diofeher Dec 20 '11 at 02:22

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 20 '11 at 02:14

-1

Why not

if eval('myUser.profile.get_setting_c') == True:

or

def fun(setting):
    return eval('myUser.profile.%s' % setting)

if fun('get_setting_c') == True:

?

answered Dec 20 '11 at 02:14

Zhack

2 Answers2