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Python: repr
repr(obj) returns a
string that usually(?) can be used in an
eval(…) statement to get the original object back:
#!/usr/bin/python3
var = {'foo': 42,
'bar':'baz'
}
var_repr = repr(var)
print('type(var_repr) = {:s}'.format(str(type(var_repr)))) # type(var_repr) = <class 'str'>
print(var_repr) # {'foo': 42, 'bar': 'baz'}
repr_evald = eval(var_repr)
print('type(repr_evald) = {:s}'.format(str(type(repr_evald)))) # type(repr_evald) = <class 'dict'>
for k,v in repr_evald.items():
print("{:s} = {:s}".format(k, str(v)) )
See also
sys.float_repr_style is a string that controls the behaviour of
repr() for
floats.