list of methods for python shell?

Question

You\'d have already found out by my usage of terminology that I\'m a python n00b.

straight forward question:

How can i see a list of methods for a particular obj

Answer 1

>>> help(my_object)

Answer 2

If you want only methods, then

def methods(obj):
    return [attr for attr in dir(obj) if callable(getattr(obj, attr))]

But do try out IPython, it has tab completion for object attributes, so typing obj.<tab> shows you a list of available attributes on that object.

Answer 3

Python supports tab completion as well. I prefer my python prompt clean (so no thanks to IPython), but with tab completion.

Setup in .bashrc or similar:

PYTHONSTARTUP=$HOME/.pythonrc

Put this in .pythonrc:

try:
    import readline
except ImportError:
    print ("Module readline not available.")
else:
    print ("Enabling tab completion")
    import rlcompleter
    readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")

It will print "Enabling tab completion" each time the python prompt starts up, because it's better to be explicit. This won't interfere with execution of python scripts and programs.

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Example:

>>> lst = []
>>> lst.
lst.__add__(           lst.__iadd__(          lst.__setattr__(
lst.__class__(         lst.__imul__(          lst.__setitem__(
lst.__contains__(      lst.__init__(          lst.__setslice__(
lst.__delattr__(       lst.__iter__(          lst.__sizeof__(
lst.__delitem__(       lst.__le__(            lst.__str__(
lst.__delslice__(      lst.__len__(           lst.__subclasshook__(
lst.__doc__            lst.__lt__(            lst.append(
lst.__eq__(            lst.__mul__(           lst.count(
lst.__format__(        lst.__ne__(            lst.extend(
lst.__ge__(            lst.__new__(           lst.index(
lst.__getattribute__(  lst.__reduce__(        lst.insert(
lst.__getitem__(       lst.__reduce_ex__(     lst.pop(
lst.__getslice__(      lst.__repr__(          lst.remove(
lst.__gt__(            lst.__reversed__(      lst.reverse(
lst.__hash__           lst.__rmul__(          lst.sort(

Answer 4

Do this:

dir(obj)

Answer 5

dir( object )

will give you the list.

for instance:

a = 2
dir( a )

will list off all the methods you can call for an integer.

Answer 6

Its simple do this for any object you have created

dir(object)

it will return a list of all the attributes of the object.