I have a dictionary of objects like so
{'name1':oject_instance_1,'name2':oject_instance_2,'name3':oject_instance_3}
In my class definition of object, I have defined both the __str__() method
and the __repr__()
method as follows:
def __str__(self):
return('{0} pathway containing {1} genes, with a total sequence length of {2}'.format(self.id, len(self.genes), self.length))
def __repr(self):
return self.__str__
In case it's important self.id is a string, self.genes is a list, and self.length is an int
The problem is when I go to print this dictionary I get:
{'pid1003': <Pathway.Pathway instance at 0x10169d680>, 'pid1002': <Pathway.Pathway instance at 0x10169d638>, 'pid1001': <Pathway.Pathway instance at 0x10169d5f0>}
but printing in a loop like
for v in dict.values():
print(v)
works fine.
Any ideas why? Thanks!
Maybe you should implement __repr__
, not __repr
.
Edit:
And __repr__
should return a String, not a function. So, as noted in the comments, return str(self)
.