[Python-talk] Speaking of oops. How to call a method in another class in another file?

[Larry Keber]

bruce.labitt at autoliv.com wrote:
> That was my first approach.  I got the following error
> AttributeError: Xambig instance has no attribute 'plotme'
>   

Python is case-sensitive, so that should have been "p.plotMe", sorry, i.e.:

p.plotMe( myfile, myrange )




> What do I need to do in the __init__ part of the class?  Right now it is 
> empty.
> Do I need to do something like
>
> class Xambig:
>         def __init__(self):
>                 # initialization stuff here... then
>                 myfile = "ambig.dat"
>                 myrange = 200.00
>                 self.plotme = plotMe(myfile, myrange)
>
>   

Yes, you could do that sort of initialization stuff in __init__, if you 
wanted your object to default to having those values.

LArry

>         def plotMe(self, fileName, myRange):
>                 """plot all kinds of stuff"""
>
> Then 
>
>                         if ( plot=="Plot existing" ):
>                                 p = genwave.Xambig()
>                                 p.plotme( myfile, myrange )
>
>
> -Bruce
>
> <snip>
>
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