[dbfpy-checkins] dbfpy/dbfpy header.py,1.3,1.4

[alexander s. <a1...@us...>]

Update of /cvsroot/dbfpy/dbfpy/dbfpy
In directory sc8-pr-cvs12.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv2927

Modified Files:
	header.py 
Log Message:
added __getitem__: return field definitions
by field name or field number (zero-based)

Index: header.py
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RCS file: /cvsroot/dbfpy/dbfpy/dbfpy/header.py,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -C2 -d -r1.3 -r1.4
*** header.py	4 Jul 2006 08:10:53 -0000	1.3
--- header.py	10 Feb 2007 19:45:15 -0000	1.4
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*** 7,10 ****
--- 7,12 ----
  """
  """History (most recent first):
+ 10-feb-2007 [als]   added __getitem__: return field definitions
+                     by field name or field number (zero-based)
  04-jul-2006 [als]   added export declaration
  15-dec-2005 [yc]    created
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*** 222,224 ****
--- 224,239 ----
          self.lastUpdate = datetime.date.today()
  
+     def __getitem__(self, item):
+         """Return a field definition by numeric index or name string"""
+         if isinstance(item, basestring):
+             _name = item.upper()
+             for _field in self.fields:
+                 if _field.name == _name:
+                     return _field
+             else:
+                 raise KeyError(item)
+         else:
+             # item must be field index
+             return self.fields[item]
+ 
  # vim: et sts=4 sw=4 :