Dictionary with classes?
class, dictionary, python
Solution
Almost. What you want is
shapes = {'1':Square, '2':Circle, '3':Triangle} # just the class names in the dict
x = shapes[raw_input()]() # get class from dict, then call it to create a shape instance.
Problem
In Python is it possible to instantiate a class through a dictionary? ``` shapes = {'1':Square(), '2':Circle(), '3':Triangle()} x = shapes[raw_input()] ``` I want to let the user pick from a menu and not code huge if else statements on the input. For example if the user entered 2, x would then be a new instance of Circle. Is this possible?