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

[bruce.labitt at autoliv.com]

python-talk-bounces at dlslug.org wrote on 07/28/2009 04:12:19 PM:

> 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
> 

What if I don't want these defaults, but always want it passed from the 
outside?
If I comment out the initialization of myfile and myrange it dies.


> >         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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