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

[mh@pixar.com]

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

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

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

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Mark Harrison
Pixar Animation Studios

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

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

On Wed, 21 May 2008 07:54:32 +0000, mh wrote:

I want to iterate over members of a module, something like:
>
for i in dir(x):
if type(i) == types.FunctionT ype: ...
>
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@web.de]

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

Use

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

regards

Arno


On 21 Mai, 09:54, m...@pixar.com wrote:

I want to iterate over members of a module, something like:
>
for i in dir(x):
if type(i) == types.FunctionT ype: ...
>
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

[Gary Herron]

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

mh@pixar.com wrote:

I want to iterate over members of a module, something like:
>
for i in dir(x):
if type(i) == types.FunctionT ype: ...
>
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



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[Terry Reedy]

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


"Gary Herron" <gherron@island training.comwro te in message
news:48344323.1 040401@islandtr aining.com...
| mh@pixar.com wrote:
| I want to iterate over members of a module, something like:
| >
| for i in dir(x):
| if type(i) == types.FunctionT ype: ...
| >
| 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.