Get Value of Instance List as a String in python

Question

Working with this code, and my output is not the list of strings, but instances. Do I re-write my LineCount class to allow such behavior?

line_count =[]

class LineCount:
    def __init__(self, x):
        self.x = x

    def set_x(self, x):
        self.x = x

    def get_x(self):
        return self.x

# add a value
line_count.append(LineCount(1))

# print list - does not print our string values
print line_count
# [<__main__.LineCount instance at 0x1031d53f8>]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/727761/python-str-and-lists — Tyler Sebastian, Dec 22 '15 at 19:31
@TylerSebastian - tried that and got this error: TypeError: __repr__ returned non-string (type int) — jKraut, Dec 22 '15 at 19:34

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 22 '15 at 19:33

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You can change your print statement to call the get_x function for each element in the list using a list comprehesion.

print [y.get_x() for y in line_count]

answered Dec 22 '15 at 19:33

Erik Godard

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this worked and so did the solution from comment by @Tyler above – jKraut Dec 22 '15 at 19:50

Get Value of Instance List as a String in python

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