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Nico W.
Nico W.

Reputation: 348

Get enum name in Python without class name

I would like to create my own enum. This will have names but no values. When calling this enum it should always return the name.

from enum import Enum

class myEnum(Enum):
    def __repr__(self):
        return self.name

my_enum = myEnum('enum', ['a', 'b'])

With:

print(my_enum.a)

it will returns a. That's ok.

But using this in a class:

class T():
    def do_something(self):
        print(my_enum.a)

With:

T().do_something()

will return enum.a

Goal is this will always return a.

Upvotes: 14

Views: 9953

Answers (1)

Marco
Marco

Reputation: 1575

If When calling this enum it should always return the name means when a string is required then you can add this method to the myEnum class:

def __str__(self):
    return self.name

Upvotes: 27

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