var_dump

for python

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var_dump is a PHP's var_dump() equivalent function for python. It displays structured information such as type, value etc of a python object, list, tuple, dict & other types.

Installation

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using pip

pip install var_dump

Or

clone the project & cd into the python-var-dump directory then run:

python setup.py install

Examples

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Example #1:

from var_dump import var_dump
var_dump(123) # output: #0 int(123)
var_dump(123.44) # output: #0 float(123.44)
var_dump("this is a string") # output: #0 str(16) "this is a string"
var_dump(None) # output: # output: #0 NoneType(None)
var_dump(True) # output # output: #0 bool(True)

Example #2:

you can pass more than one argument:

from var_dump import var_dump
var_dump(123, 123.44, None, False)

Output:

#0 int(123) #1 float(123.44) #2 NoneType(None) #3 bool(False) 

Example #3:

from var_dump import var_dump
class Base(object):
def __init__(self):
self.baseProp = (33, 44)
self.fl = 44.33
class Bar(object):
def __init__(self):
self.barProp = "I'm from Bar class"
self.boo = True
class Foo(Base):
def __init__(self):
super(Foo, self).__init__()
self.someList = ['foo', 'goo']
self.someTuple = (33, (23, 44), 55)
self.anOb = Bar()
self.no = None
foo = Foo()
var_dump(foo)

Output

#0 object(Foo) (6)
baseProp => tuple(2) [0] => int(33) [1] => int(44) someTuple => tuple(3) [0] => int(33) [1] => tuple(2) [0] => int(23) [1] => int(44) [2] => int(55) no => NoneType(None) someList => list(2) [0] => str(3) "foo"
[1] => str(3) "goo"
fl => float(44.33) anOb => object(Bar) (2)
boo => bool(True) barProp => str(18) "I'm from Bar class"

Unit tests

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Tests are written using unittest.

Run them with python -m unittest tests.

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License: BSD License