What type of data is Dictionaries with equal sign between its pairs instead of (:)

Question

If this is a dictionary in python:

Dict1 = {'a':1, 'b':2, ...}

What is this one : I was trying the os.stat() where this pattern showed up:

Nt.stat_result(st_mode=33206, st_ino=Ol, st_nlink=0, ...)

i tryed to apply dictionary methods on it and it didn't work, does anybody know what is that pattern called in python and how can i get an item out of it?

The second example is not valid Python. Can you please show a more accurate example of the problem you are facing? — idjaw, Jul 23 '17 at 13:09
You must be seeing the `repr` version of the object, it could be literally anything. — Ashwini Chaudhary, Jul 23 '17 at 13:10
Your two examples aren't the same syntax. `{foo='bar'}` is a syntax error, `thing(foo='bar')` is a call with a named parameter. — jonrsharpe, Jul 23 '17 at 13:15
The object representation you're seeing is similar to a `namedtuple`, you can get the items out of it using either attribute or index: `x. st_mode == x[0]`. In general you can print whatever you want in `__repr__`, has nothing to do with dict syntax. — Ashwini Chaudhary, Jul 23 '17 at 13:20

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 23 '17 at 13:11

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>>> x=os.stat('.zlogin')
>>> type(x)
<class 'os.stat_result'>
>>> x
os.stat_result(st_mode=33152, st_ino=38797347, st_dev=64769, st_nlink=1, st_uid=1000, st_gid=100, st_size=52, st_atime=1500747428, st_mtime=1288432638, st_ctime=1486224877)

As you can see (and could have checked yourself), the result of os.stat is an object belonging to os.stat_result class.

answered Jul 23 '17 at 13:11

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Sure i did, so you mean it is just a plain class object – Belle Jul 23 '17 at 13:14
Yes, and what you see is how `__repr__` method of this class renders the object. – Błotosmętek Jul 23 '17 at 13:16
Totally missed on that, thanks Blotosmetek – Belle Jul 23 '17 at 13:23

What type of data is Dictionaries with equal sign between its pairs instead of (:)

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