On Aug 25, 5:18 pm, Ross Williamson <rosswilliamson....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All > > Is there anyway in a class to overload the print function? > > >> class foo_class(): > >> pass > >> cc = foo_class() > >> print cc > > Gives: > > <__main__.foo_class instance at ....> > > Can I do something like: > > >> class foo_class(): > >> def __print__(self): > >> print "hello" > >> cc = foo_class() > >> print cc > > Gives: > > hello > > I'm looking at finding nice way to print variables in a class just by > asking to print it > > Cheers > > Ross > > -- > Ross Williamson > University of Chicago > Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics > 773-834-9785 (office) > 312-504-3051 (Cell)
Are you talking about overriding print(), kind of like overloading the << operator in c++ so that you can determine how the foo_class gets printed? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
