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Python | dir method
schedule Mar 5, 2023
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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
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