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user7520353
user7520353

Reputation:

Python - Print Method using variables

I'm having trouble printing a method with a variable.

If I do print (pet.__str__()), it works as expected. However I'm trying to loop through the method using variables to replace "pet" with a variable. I'm then assigning it to a variable and trying to print it. When I print it, it literally prints the string pet.__str__() instead of calling the method. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Here's a general overview of my code. Thanks

pet = Pet('Taz')

my_list = ["pet", "dog", "big_dog", "small_dog"]



my_string = ["animal_variable.__str__()", "animal_variable.kind", "animal_variable.color", "animal_variable.do_tricks()"]
sentence1 = []

sentence1 = my_string[0]
print (sentence1) #DEBUGGING*****************************************
print (sentence1.replace('animal_variable', my_list[0]))
print (type(sentence1))

*** HERE'S THE OUTPUT I GET *******

animal_variable.__str__()

pet.__str__(),

class 'str'

*** If I do this it works as expected, however this doesn't allow me to loop through different variables in my list

print (pet.__str__())

Upvotes: 0

Views: 88

Answers (1)

smac89
smac89

Reputation: 43206

Try this method:

my_list = ["pet", "dog", "big_dog", "small_dog"]

for pet in map(Pet, my_list):
    print ("{}, Kind: {}, Color: {}\nTricks: {}".format(str(pet), pet.kind, pet.color, pet.do_tricks()))

If you already have a list of animals, then simply replace the for loop above with:

for pet in my_list:

Another method to use is to override __str__ method of the class, to return the above. Something like:

def __str__(self):
    return "Kind: {}, Color: {}\nTricks: {}".format(self.kind, self.color, self.do_tricks())

Upvotes: 1

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