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schedule Mar 9, 2022
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expand_more Python's dir(~) built-in function returns a list of supported attributes and methods for the provided object.
Parameters
1. object | object | optional
The object to return attributes and supported methods for. Defaults to list of names in current local scope.
Return value
A list of supported attributes and methods of the provided object.
Examples
Basic usage
To check the list of supported attributes and methods for a string object:
s = "SkyTowner"dir(s)
['__add__', '__class__', '__contains__', '__delattr__', '__dir__', '__doc__', '__eq__',... 'title', 'translate', 'upper', 'zfill']
We have truncated the output for readability, but you can clearly see the list of attributes and methods supported for the string object "SkyTowner".
Module
To list the attributes and methods of the pandas module:
import pandas as pd
dir(pd)
['BooleanDtype', 'Categorical', 'CategoricalDtype', 'CategoricalIndex',... 'tseries', 'unique', 'util', 'value_counts', 'wide_to_long']
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Official Python Documentation
https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#dir
