Create a python object that can be accessed with square brackets

Question

I would like to create a new class that acts as a special type of container for objects, and can be accessed using square brackets.

For example, suppose I have a cla

Answer 1

You want to define the special __getitem__[docs] method.

class Test(object):     
    def __getitem__(self, arg):
        return str(arg)*3

test = Test()

print test[0]
print test['kitten']

Result:

000
kittenkittenkitten