What does the slash mean in help() output?
What does the / mean in Python 3.4’s help output for range before the closing parenthesis?
introspection
How can you print a variable name in python?
Say I have a variable named choice it is equal to 2. How would I access the name of the variable? Something equivalent to In [53]: namestr(choice) Out[53]: 'choice' for use in making a dictionary. There’s a good way to do this and I’m just missing it. EDIT: The reason to do this is thus. … Read more
Is there a built-in function to print all the current properties and values of an object?
So what I’m looking for here is something like PHP’s print_r function.
How to get the caller’s method name in the called method?
Python: How to get the caller’s method name in the called method?
How to get method parameter names?
Given the Python function:
Determine function name from within that function (without using traceback)
In Python, without using the traceback module, is there a way to determine a function’s name from within that function?
Getting the class name of an instance?
How do I find out a name of class that created an instance of an object in Python if the function I am doing this from is the base class of which the class of the instance has been derived?
How can I get the name of an object?
Is there any way to get the name of an object in Python? For instance:
Finding what methods a Python object has
Given a Python object of any kind, is there an easy way to get the list of all methods that this object has?
List all the modules that are part of a python package?
Is there a straightforward way to find all the modules that are part of a python package? I’ve found this old discussion, which is not really conclusive, but I’d love to have a definite answer before I roll out my own solution based on os.listdir().