Get the list of a class's variables & methods in Python

Question

If I have the following class, what\'s the best way of getting the exact list of variables and methods, excluding those from the superclass?

class F         


        

Answer 1

def getVariablesClass(inst):
var = []
cls = inst.__class__
for v in cls.__dict__:
    if not callable(getattr(cls, v)):
        var.append(v)

return var

if you want exclude inline variables check names on the __ at the start and the end of variable

Answer 2

In your example, a is an instance, its __dict__ will include all variables set in its __init__ function. To get all class variables, use a.__class__.__dict__

Answer 3

A third answer is the inspect module which does the same as above

Answer 4

If the class and its superclasses are known, something like:

tuple(set(dir(Foo)) - set(dir(Bar)))

If you want it to be more generic, you can get a list of the base classes using something like

bases = Foo.mro()

...and then use that list to subtract out attributes from all the base classes.