Named Tuple

Name the fields of your tuples

• namedtuple : factory function for creating tuple subclasses with named fields
• returns a new tuple subclass named typename.
• the new subclass is used to create tuple-like objects that have fields accessible by attribute lookup as well as being indexable and iterable.

Code:

import collections

Coord = collections.namedtuple('Coord', ['x','y'], verbose=False)

a=[ Coord(100.0,20.0), Coord(5.0,10.0), Coord(99.0,66.0) ]

Access tuple elements by index:

a[1][0]
5.0

Access tuple elements by name:

a[1].x
5.0

Set verbose=True to see the code:

Coord = collections.namedtuple('Coord', ['x','y'], verbose=True)

class Coord(tuple):
    'Coord(x, y)'

    __slots__ = ()

    _fields = ('x', 'y')

    def __new__(_cls, x, y):
        'Create new instance of Coord(x, y)'
        return _tuple.__new__(_cls, (x, y))

    @classmethod
    def _make(cls, iterable, new=tuple.__new__, len=len):
        'Make a new Coord object from a sequence or iterable'
        result = new(cls, iterable)
        if len(result) != 2:
            raise TypeError('Expected 2 arguments, got %d' % len(result))
        return result

    def __repr__(self):
        'Return a nicely formatted representation string'
        return 'Coord(x=%r, y=%r)' % self

    def _asdict(self):
        'Return a new OrderedDict which maps field names to their values'
        return OrderedDict(zip(self._fields, self))

    def _replace(_self, **kwds):
        'Return a new Coord object replacing specified fields with new values'
        result = _self._make(map(kwds.pop, ('x', 'y'), _self))
        if kwds:
            raise ValueError('Got unexpected field names: %r' % kwds.keys())
        return result

    def __getnewargs__(self):
        'Return self as a plain tuple.  Used by copy and pickle.'
        return tuple(self)

    __dict__ = _property(_asdict)

    def __getstate__(self):
        'Exclude the OrderedDict from pickling'
        pass

    x = _property(_itemgetter(0), doc='Alias for field number 0')

    y = _property(_itemgetter(1), doc='Alias for field number 1')