new feature: AgentSet.get can retrieve one or more then one attribute

mesa/agent.py

@@ -264,17 +264,29 @@ def do(
 
         return res if return_results else self
 
-    def get(self, attr_name: str) -> list[Any]:
+    def get(self, attr_names: str | list[str]) -> list[Any]:
         """
-        Retrieve a specified attribute from each agent in the AgentSet.
+        Retrieve the specified attribute(s) from each agent in the AgentSet.
 
         Args:
-            attr_name (str): The name of the attribute to retrieve from each agent.
+            attr_names (str | list[str]): The name(s) of the attribute(s) to retrieve from each agent.
 
         Returns:
-            list[Any]: A list of attribute values from each agent in the set.
+            list[Any]: A list with the attribute value for each agent in the set if attr_names is a str
+            list[list[Any]]: A list with a list of attribute values for each agent in the set if attr_names is a list of str
+
+        Raises:
+            AttributeError if an agent does not have the specified attribute(s)
+
         """
-        return [getattr(agent, attr_name) for agent in self._agents]
+
+        if isinstance(attr_names, str):
+            return [getattr(agent, attr_names) for agent in self._agents]
+        else:
+            return [
+                [getattr(agent, attr_name) for attr_name in attr_names]
+                for agent in self._agents
+            ]
 
     def __getitem__(self, item: int | slice) -> Agent:
         """

tests/test_agent.py

@@ -221,6 +221,24 @@ def test_agentset_get_attribute():
     with pytest.raises(AttributeError):
         agentset.get("non_existing_attribute")
 
+    model = Model()
+    agents = []
+    for i in range(10):
+        agent = TestAgent(model.next_id(), model)
+        agent.i = i**2
+        agents.append(agent)
+    agentset = AgentSet(agents, model)
+
+    values = agentset.get(["unique_id", "i"])
+
+    for value, agent in zip(values, agents):
+        (
+            unique_id,
+            i,
+        ) = value
+        assert agent.unique_id == unique_id
+        assert agent.i == i
+
 
 class OtherAgentType(Agent):
     def get_unique_identifier(self):