Why is the <__main_.ClassName at object 0xxxxxxxx> is showing? And how to get the actual results?

Question

I am making a simple class, here is the code:

class Player(object):
    def __init__(self, character):
        self.character= character       

Sara = Player("Sara")

Nothing fancy, when ever i run this it gives the following result:

>>> print Sara
<__main__.Player object at 0xxxxxxxxx>

How can i stop the last line <main.Pl.....> from executing?

what do you expect to happen? Python is telling you that it has created a `Player` object — asongtoruin, May 29 '17 at 14:05
you need to return your result if you want to print something. — Gahan, May 29 '17 at 14:07
or define a `__str __` method that returns `'self.character'` (see duplicate question link) — Jérôme, May 29 '17 at 14:13

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 29 '17 at 14:14

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You need to set the __repr__ and __str__ functions in your class so the print function knows what to print correctly. Please change your class to the example below and try again.

class Player(object):
    def __init__(self, character):
        self.character = character  

    def __repr__(self):
        return self.character

    def __str__(self):
        return self.character

answered May 29 '17 at 14:14

Ícaro

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It's working! The same way Sara.character would execute. Do you have any good articles on these two functions? – Belle May 29 '17 at 14:20
Sure, @Belle, you can take a look at Python's documentation for input and output: https://docs.python.org/2.7/tutorial/inputoutput.html. If my answer helped you please accept it as correct :-) – Ícaro May 29 '17 at 14:29

Why is the <__main_.ClassName at object 0xxxxxxxx> is showing? And how to get the actual results?

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