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What is Getattr and Setattr in Python?

Python setattr() and getattr() goes hand-in-hand. As we have already seen what getattr() does; The setattr() function is used to assign a new value to an object/instance attribute.

Syntax

                    

setattr(object, name, value)

where,

value = value to be set for the attribute

Example

                    

# Python program to illustrate setattr() function
class Details:
    name = 'Sam'
    age = 24

# Create an object of the class
d = Details()

print('Name before modification:', d.name)
print('Age before modification:', d.age)

setattr(d, 'name', 'Timmy')
setattr(d, 'age', 27)

print('Name after modification:', d.name)
print('Age after modification:', d.age)

Output

                    

Name before modification: Sam
Age before modification: 24

Name after modification: Timmy
Age after modification: 27

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