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Post: Learn Code Introspection Python Programming

Learn Code Introspection Python Programming: Code introspection is the ability to examine classes, functions and keywords to know what they are, what they do and what they know.

Python provides several functions and utilities for code introspection.

[python] help()
dir()
hasattr()
id()
type()
repr()
callable()
issubclass()
isinstance()
__doc__
__name__[/python]

Often the most important one is the help function since you can use it to find what other functions do.

Exercise

Print a list of all attributes of the given Vehicle object.

[python] # this is the answer code. use online compiler
# below to complete this assignment.
class Vehicle:
name = ""
kind = "car"
color = ""
value = 100.00
def description(self):
desc_str = "%s is a %s %s worth $%.2f." % (self.name, self.color, self.kind, self.value)
return desc_str

# Print a list of all attributes of the Vehicle class.
print(dir(Vehicle))[/python]

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