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Python - Assign a default string to 1 and 0

I'm working with Python for an application where we need to close and open doors. The values to open and close are 0 and 1 accordingly, these are commands and can not be changed, but it can be confusing to the user to see 1 or 0 (we want to make it more user friendly since it's a beginner application). Is there a way to define 1 as close and 0 as open so when sending the command to the microcontroller but when coding we use/see open or close?

I was thinking to use a dictionary but it would be good to define them at the beginning of the program so we don't need to change it every time.

Thanks!

Solution

  • Can we use Enum for this case?

    from enum import Enum
class DoorStatus(Enum):
     OPEN = 0
     CLOSE = 1

    Documentation: https://docs.python.org/3/library/enum.html