I would like to create some kind of class decorator, so I can easily set custom string representations for my classes without having to write a metaclass for each of them.

Nov 6, 2015 · In Java, I can override the toString() method of my class. Then Java's print function prints the string representation of the object defined by its toString(). Is there a Python …

Oct 29, 2019 · Formatted string literals, str.format (), and format () will use the mixed-in type’s format () unless str () or format () is overridden in the subclass, in which case the overridden …

153 In python, the str() method is similar to the toString() method in other languages. It is called passing the object to convert to a string as a parameter. Internally it calls the __str__() method …

Dec 31, 2016 · In Python 3.11 you could also use a StrEnum. Granted, you would have to replace the values with strings as well, since it keyes on the value, not name (using enum.auto() for …

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Jul 24, 2009 · Given a string as user input to a Python function, I'd like to get a class object out of it if there's a class with that name in the currently defined namespace. Essentially, I want the …

Aug 6, 2008 · 168 Given a string, with a complete python path to a function, this is how I went about getting the result of said function:

Forward references When a type hint contains names that have not been defined yet, that definition may be expressed as a string literal, to be resolved later. A situation where this …

Jul 8, 2010 · 75 str is meant to produce a string representation of the object's data. If you're writing your own class and you want str to work for you, add: