subclass QLineEdit to have an index

[nlgootee]

You guys really make it hard. I am going to subclass a LineEdit to have an index. The index for each LineEdit is going to be the unique part number for the item in that row. I have a perfectly workable routine that uses the index to locate each LineEdit and retrieve the data from that row. I would like to subclass the LineEdit so that I can access it using this format: string = LineEdit(index).text(). If I can't use that format, I will have to try something else but first I want to know if it is possible to subclass a LineEdit with an index attribute that I can set when the object is created and I would like to access it with LineEdit(index).text()

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Added after 5 minutes:

You only need the index inside the object if you need the value inside the object or if you need to ask the object later what index it has.

Access of an object at a given index can easily be done with just storing the object in an index accessible container, e.g. a list or vector.
You can use QSignalMapper to map each line edit's editingFinished() signal to a slot call with the index.

Cheers,
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I really don't understand what you are saying. I know that what I am trying to do is not that complicated, but what you are describing sounds very complicated and I don't see how it would do what I need it to do.