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How to take the string from input of argparse and use it as an object

I am trying to create a program that reads a string off an argparse input and uses that string to call a certain object and use that object for the rest of the function.

#!/usr/bin/python
import argparse

class car:
def __init__(self, color, year):
self.color = color
self.year = year

Beatle = car("blue", 1973)

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument("--vehicleType")
args = parser.parse_args()

print("This "+args.vehicleType+ " is nice")
print("It was made:")
print(2018-args.vehicleType.year)
print("years ago")


However, I keep getting back this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./test.py", line 17, in <module>
print(2018-args.vehicleType.year)
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'year'


I think the program is reading args.vehicleType as a string, while I want to read it in as an object. How do I get around this?
-Cheers, and thanks in advance! ~O. Fried

args.vehicleType

Beatle

Beatle

car

1 Answer
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Would it be possible to actually create the object after? Something along these lines:

#!/usr/bin/python
import argparse
class car:
def __init__(self, color, year, type):
self.color = color
self.year = year
self.type = type

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument("--vehicleType") # Accept the argument as vehicle type.
args = parser.parse_args()

Beatle = car("blue", 1973, str(args.vehicleType)) # Now create the object.

print("This " + Beatle.type+ " is nice") # Use it here.
print("It was made:")
print(2018-Beatle.year) # And here.
print("years ago.")


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