Variable method name in python

Question

I have a dictionnary fields={} which contains some field names that I named the Qt comobox objects after. For example keys combobox1 and combobox2, both contain a list with values that I would like to add to the

fields={}
fields['combobox1']=['value1','someting else']
fields['combobox2']=['bla','another value']

for key,values in fields.items():
   for value in values:
      Qt_ui. _____key_____ .addItem(value)

what is the correct syntax for the last line, so that ____key____ is replaced with the keys from the dictionary? I tried ui.__getattribute__(key).addItem(value) but it does't seem to work. Any suggestions are appreciated.

TypeError: 'PySide.QtGui.QComboBox.addItem' called with wrong argument types:
  PySide.QtGui.QComboBox.addItem(float)
Supported signatures:
  PySide.QtGui.QComboBox.addItem(PySide.QtGui.QIcon, unicode, QVariant = QVariant())
  PySide.QtGui.QComboBox.addItem(unicode, QVariant = QVariant())

The ui.__getattribute__(key) part seems to work. It looks like value is seen as a float. Can you print it before calling Qt_ui....? — Jérôme
– Jérôme, Commented Mar 31, 2016 at 15:19
Yes you are right, it needs to be a string, Problem solved. thanks — Nickpick
– Nickpick, Commented Mar 31, 2016 at 15:20

Nickpick · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-31 15:18:46Z

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In fact the problem was somewhere else getattribute(key) is correct but the added item needs to be a string. Any way, I thought this is an interesting problem and will leave the post anyway.

ui.__getattribute__(key).addItem(str(value))

answered Mar 31, 2016 at 15:18

Nickpick

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ekhumoro Over a year ago

getattr(ui, key).addItem(value).

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