getting dir(x), but not as list of strings?

[mh]

I want to iterate over members of a module, something like:

for i in dir(x):
if type(i) == types.FunctionType: ...

but of course dir() returns a list of strings. If x is a module,
how can I get the list of its members as their actual types?

Many TIA!
Mark

 

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

I want to iterate over members of a module, something like:

for i in dir(x):
if type(i) == types.FunctionType: ...

but of course dir() returns a list of strings. If x is a module,
how can I get the list of its members as their actual types?

Take a look at the `inspect` module.

Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch

 

[akeppke]

Use

for i in dir(x):
print i # name of member as string
print getattr(x, i) # member

regards

Arno

 

[Gary Herron]

I want to iterate over members of a module, something like:

for i in dir(x):
if type(i) == types.FunctionType: ...

but of course dir() returns a list of strings. If x is a module,
how can I get the list of its members as their actual types?

Many TIA!
Mark

Use the builtin vars to get a dictionary of names and associated objects.

import sys
for name,ob in vars(sys).items():
print name,type(ob)

Gary Herron



setrecursionlimit <type 'builtin_function_or_method'>
getfilesystemencoding <type 'builtin_function_or_method'>
path_importer_cache <type 'dict'>
stdout <type 'file'>
version_info <type 'tuple'>
exc_clear <type 'builtin_function_or_method'>
prefix <type 'str'>
getrefcount <type 'builtin_function_or_method'>
byteorder <type 'str'>
....

 

[Terry Reedy]

| (e-mail address removed) wrote:
| > I want to iterate over members of a module, something like:
| >
| > for i in dir(x):
| > if type(i) == types.FunctionType: ...
| >
| > but of course dir() returns a list of strings. If x is a module,
| > how can I get the list of its members as their actual types?
| >
| > Many TIA!
| > Mark
| >
| >
| Use the builtin vars to get a dictionary of names and associated objects.
|
| import sys
| for name,ob in vars(sys).items():
| print name,type(ob)

This also works on classes, but apparently not on most other objects.