Need function to assign object name in class

Question

I'm trying to make a class, Player, and I'd like the user to create objects, say to add to their team.

Every tutorial will have something like this to create new players, say Jordan.

class Player:
    def __init__(self, name):
        self.name = name

p1 = Player('Jordan')
p2 = Player('Kobe')

But I want the user to have the ability to create new players, and they're not going to code, right? And I would rather the object variable be just the player name, like, "Jordan", or "Kobe".

So if everything was manual, I could say,

jordan = Player('Jordan')
kobe = Player('Kobe')

So to come up with a function to have users create players, what should it look like? And what would the variable be? Any way to get it assigned as the player name? Or at least a serialized number like p1, p2, p3, ...?

def create_player():
    new_player = input("Which player would you like to create? ")
    name_of_variable_for_player = Player(new_player)

Ok, so follow on question.

What happens when you just have a static variable in the create function?


def create_player():
    p = Player(input("What player would you like to make? ")

Does this answer your question? How do I create a variable number of variables? e.g. roster = {}; name = 'Jordan'; roster[name] = Player(name) — wjandrea
– wjandrea, Commented May 23, 2020 at 1:35
wjandrea, I'm not sure what you're suggesting? Does all that go on one line? or sequentially down a line at every ";"? — StuNami
– StuNami, Commented May 23, 2020 at 4:27
I'm not sure what you're trying to do with the "static variable in the create function" since p is lost as soon as the function ends. — wjandrea
– wjandrea, Commented May 23, 2020 at 18:03

wjandrea · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-23 18:09:42Z

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Use a dict instead of dynamic variables. For more details see How do I create a variable number of variables?

In this case that might look something like this:

class Player:
    def __init__(self, name):
        self.name = name

    def __repr__(self):  # Adding this for better output
        cls_name = type(self).__name__
        return '{}({!r})'.format(cls_name, self.name)

my_team = {}
name = input("Which player would you like to create? ")
my_team[name] = Player(name)
print(my_team)

Example run:

Which player would you like to create? Shaq
{'Shaq': Player('Shaq')}

How to turn that into a function might vary based on what you're trying to do, but you could start here:

def add_player_to_roster(roster):
    name = input("Which player would you like to create? ")
    roster[name] = Player(name)

my_team = {}
add_player_to_roster(my_team)
print(my_team)

edited May 23, 2020 at 18:09

answered May 23, 2020 at 18:00

wjandrea

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