I need to load a list of database row objects into memory, and then grab one of those rows by its unique ID. Is there a clean, pythonic way of finding an single object from a list by an attribute value? Or do I just loop and compare?
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I need to load a list of database row objects into memory, and then grab one of those rows by its unique ID. Is there a clean, pythonic way of finding an single object from a list by an attribute value? Or do I just loop and compare?
Yes, you loop and compare:
And you get back a list which can be tested to see how many you found.
If you will be doing this a lot, consider using a dictionary, where the key is the attribute you’re interested in.