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Finding an instance's class

Jul 5th, 2000 09:59
Nathan Wallace, Hans Nowak, Snippet 25, Python Snippet Support Team

"""
Packages: oop
"""

"""
> How can I find an instance's class?

Use __class_:
"""

class Foo: pass
class Bar: pass

foo = Foo()
print foo.__class__             # __main__.Foo
print foo.__class__.__name__    # 'Foo'