How Do I get Know What Attributes/Functions In A Class?

[Hans Nowak]

steven at lczmsoft.com wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm new to python.  Given a class, how can I get know what
> attributes/functins in it without dig into the source?

Use the dir function:

 >>> from smtplib import SMTP
 >>> dir(SMTP)
['__doc__', '__init__', '__module__', 'close', 'connect', 'data', 
'debuglevel', 'docmd', 'does_esmtp', 'ehlo', 'ehlo_resp', 'expn', 
'file', 'getreply', 'has_extn', 'helo', 'helo_resp', 'help', 'login', 
'mail', 'noop', 'putcmd', 'quit', 'rcpt', 'rset', 'send', 'sendmail', 
'set_debuglevel', 'starttls', 'verify', 'vrfy']

To get more detailed information than just a list of names, see the 
inspect module.

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Hans Nowak
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