Does python have the ability to create dynamic keywords?
For example:
qset.filter(min_price__usd__range=(min_price, max_price))
I want to be able to change the usd part based on a selected currency.
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1See stackoverflow.com/questions/310732/…S.Lott– S.Lott2008-12-03 17:56:14 +00:00Commented Dec 3, 2008 at 17:56
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Yes, It does. Use **kwargs in a function definition.
Example:
def f(**kwargs):
print kwargs.keys()
f(a=2, b="b") # -> ['a', 'b']
f(**{'d'+'e': 1}) # -> ['de']
But why do you need that?
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user42876
Thanks, that did it. I needed this because I don't have access to the function itself (it's a Django function). So the method itself is already looking for **kwargs, but I need to dynamically create the keyword for the method to parse.
If I understand what you're asking correctly,
qset.filter(**{
'min_price_' + selected_currency + '_range' :
(min_price, max_price)})
does what you need.
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You can easily do this by declaring your function like this:
def filter(**kwargs):
your function will now be passed a dictionary called kwargs that contains the keywords and values passed to your function. Note that, syntactically, the word kwargs is meaningless; the ** is what causes the dynamic keyword behavior.
You can also do the reverse. If you are calling a function, and you have a dictionary that corresponds to the arguments, you can do
someFunction(**theDictionary)
There is also the lesser used *foo variant, which causes you to receive an array of arguments. This is similar to normal C vararg arrays.
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Yes, sort of. In your filter method you can declare a wildcard variable that collects all the unknown keyword arguments. Your method might look like this:
def filter(self, **kwargs):
for key,value in kwargs:
if key.startswith('min_price__') and key.endswith('__range'):
currency = key.replace('min_price__', '').replace('__range','')
rate = self.current_conversion_rates[currency]
self.setCurrencyRange(value[0]*rate, value[1]*rate)
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user42876
Thanks, but unfortunately I don't have access to the function itself (it's a Django function). So the method itself is already looking for **kwargs, but I need to dynamically create the keyword for the method to parse.