Convert a python type object to a string

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I m wondering how to convert a python  type  object into a string using python s reflective capabilities   For example  I d like to print the type of an object  print  My type is     type someObject     which obviously doesn t work like this

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In case you want to use str   and a custom str method  This also works for repr   class TypeProxy      def   init   self   type           self  type    type      def   call   self   args    kwargs           return self  type  args    kwargs       def   str   self           return self  type   name        def   repr   self           return  TypeProxy  s      repr self  type      gt  gt  gt  str TypeProxy str    str   gt  gt  gt  str TypeProxy type        str

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print  My type is  s    type someObject     the type in python   or     print  My type is  s    type someObject    name      the object s type  the class you defined

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gt  gt  gt  class A object   pass   gt  gt  gt  e   A    gt  gt  gt  e  lt   main   A object at 0xb6d464ec gt   gt  gt  gt  print type e   lt class    main   A  gt   gt  gt  gt  print type e    name   A  gt  gt  gt     what do you mean by convert into a string  you can define your own repr and str  methods    gt  gt  gt  class A object       def   repr   self           return  hei  i am A or B or whatever    gt  gt  gt  e   A    gt  gt  gt  e hei  i am A or B or whatever  gt  gt  gt  str e  hei  i am A or B or whatever   or i dont know  please add explainations

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print type someObject    name     If that doesn t suit you  use this   print some instance   class     name     Example   class A      pass print type A      prints  lt type  instance  gt  print A     class     name     prints A   Also  it seems there are differences with type   when using new-style classes vs old-style  that is  inheritance from object   For a new-style class  type someObject    name   returns the name  and for old-style classes it returns instance

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Using str     typeOfOneAsString str type 1

[python] Convert a python 'type' object to a string

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