class User():
def __init__(self, first, last, location, gender):
self.first = first
self.last = last
self.location = location
self.gender = gender
self.loginattempt = 0
def mmplusattempt(self):
self.loginattempt += 1
def mmresetattempt(self):
self.loginattempt = 0
def mmdescribe(self):
attributes = [a for a in dir(self) if not a.startswith(('__', 'mm'))]
for att in attributes:
print(att + ": " + str(getattr(self, att)))
new = User('david', 'johnson', 'usa', 'male')
new.mmdescribe()
output:
└─$ python3 classuser.py
first: david
gender: male
last: johnson
location: usa
loginattempt: 0
The problem is, or was that attributes = [a for a in dir(self) if not a.startswith('__')] was returning all the attributes including plusattempt resetattempt describe which I don't want. I did not want to print any of the methods so I thought maybe I can make all the method names start with mm and filter them out using a.startswith(('__', 'mm'))]. Now this definitely works, but I feel there has to be a better way that I can't think of right now. Also if there was an attribute (that is not a method) that I didn't want to print, I would have to add mm to the name, which is not very efficient.
new excluding the methods? (Other than the way I showed) I'm sure there is a more elegant way to write this.I would recommend using vars, and implementing __str__ rather than using your mmdescribe method:
class User:
def __init__(self, first, last, location, gender):
self.first = first
self.last = last
self.location = location
self.gender = gender
self.loginattempt = 0
def plusattempt(self):
self.loginattempt += 1
def resetattempt(self):
self.loginattempt = 0
def __str__(self):
return "\n".join(f"{k}: {v}" for k, v in vars(self).items())
user = User("david", "johnson", "usa", "male")
print(user)
Output:
first: david
last: johnson
location: usa
gender: male
loginattempt: 0
>>>