On Jun 24, 9:25 am, Tim Golden <m...@timgolden.me.uk> wrote: > Bryan wrote: > > Given a class: > > > class Foo(object): > > pass > > > How can I get the name "Foo" without having an instance of the class? > > > str(Foo) gives me more than just the name Foo. "__main__.Account" > > Foo.__class__.__name__ gives me "type" > > > I don't want to do: > > Foo().__class__.__name__ if possible. I would rather avoid the > > constructor. I just want to get a string "Foo" > > You are going to kick yourself: > > class Foo (object): pass > > print Foo.__name__ > > TJG
Whoops. How come dir(Foo) does not show __name__? That is how I was investigating the possibilities. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
