equivalent to Java's toString()?

[Fredrik Lundh]

Gabriel Cooper wrote:

> What is the python equivalent to java's toString()?
>
> When debugging I want to be able to basically be able to do this:
>
>     print MyObjectInstance
>
> or
>     print str(MyObjectInstance)
>
> and have it print out formatted output along the lines of:
>
>     Object properties: Red=0 Yellow=0 Blue=255

add __repr__ and/or __str__ methods to your class:

    http://docs.python.org/ref/customization.html

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