Untested, but, try : return eval(self.ObjNameProperty) That should work. Cayce <I have a python method as part of a ZClass. I want this method to return an <object whose id is stored in a ZClass property. In DTML this would be as <simple as <dtml-return "_[ObjNameProperty]"> <I can't figure out how to do this in a python method. Things such as <self.getattr(ObjNameProperty) don't seem to work at all. ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com