Get just a class name without module, etc

Question

I'm probably overlooking something simple. Given an instance of a class, I'd like to get just the class name. For example:

class Foooo: pass
instance = Foooo()

print("instance.__class__ = "+str(instance.__class__))
print("Just the class name: "+str(instance.__class__).split(".")[-1][:-2])

This gives the following output:

instance.__class__ = <class '__main__.Foooo'>
Just the class name: Foooo

Is there something simpler than

str(instance.__class__).split(".")[-1][:-2]?

I'm in Python 3.2 if that helps...

This is a duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/q/510972/2099613. You can find more explanations including the preferred solution `type(instance).__name__` there — yanlend, Sep 01 '14 at 13:26

score 30 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 02 '11 at 20:07

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Try this:

instance.__class__.__name__

answered Dec 02 '11 at 20:07

Andrew Clark

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Thanks so much, I should have realized that! – Matthew Lund Dec 02 '11 at 20:10

Get just a class name without module, etc

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