PyYYC, June 2019

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Python feature: dir() / help() / docstrings

>>> h = 'hello'
>>> dir(h)
['__add__', '__class__', '__contains__', '__delattr__', '__dir__',
 '__doc__', '__eq__', '__format__', '__ge__', '__getattribute__',
 '__getitem__', '__getnewargs__', '__gt__', '__hash__', '__init__',
 '__init_subclass__', '__iter__', '__le__', '__len__', '__lt__', '__mod__',
 '__mul__', '__ne__', '__new__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__',
 '__rmod__', '__rmul__', '__setattr__', '__sizeof__', '__str__',
 '__subclasshook__', 'capitalize', 'casefold', 'center', 'count', 'encode',
 'endswith', 'expandtabs', 'find', 'format', 'format_map', 'index',
 'isalnum', 'isalpha', 'isascii', 'isdecimal', 'isdigit', 'isidentifier',
 'islower', 'isnumeric', 'isprintable', 'isspace', 'istitle', 'isupper',
 'join', 'ljust', 'lower', 'lstrip', 'maketrans', 'partition', 'replace',
 'rfind', 'rindex', 'rjust', 'rpartition', 'rsplit', 'rstrip', 'split',
 'splitlines', 'startswith', 'strip', 'swapcase', 'title', 'translate',
 'upper', 'zfill']

help()

>>> help(h.rjust)
Help on built-in function rjust:

rjust(width, fillchar=' ', /) method of builtins.str instance
    Return a right-justified string of length width.

    Padding is done using the specified fill character (default is a space).

>>> h.rjust(20)
'               hello'

Adding help with docstrings

def dir2(o):
    "Return a list of attributes not inherited from the `object` class"

    return sorted(list(set(dir(o)) - set(dir(object))))

>>> help(dir2)
Help on function dir2 in module __main__:

dir2(o)
    Return a list of attributes not inherited from the `object` class

Library of the month: faker

>>> from faker import Faker
>>> fake = Faker()
>>> dir(fake)
...
'day_of_month', 'day_of_week', 'domain_name', 'domain_word', 'ean',
...
'internet_explorer', 'ipv4', 'ipv4_network_class', 'ipv4_private',
...
'random_digit_not_null', 'random_digit_not_null_or_empty',
...
'randomize_nb_elements', 'rgb_color', 'rgb_css_color', 'safari',
...
'sha256', 'simple_profile', 'slug', 'ssn', 'state', 'state_abbr',
...

faker examples

>>> fake.name()
'Michele Young'
>>> fake.street_address()
'6817 Christopher Freeway Suite 090'
>>> fake.city()
'West Patriciaburgh'
>>> fake.date()
'1996-01-07'
>>> fake.credit_card_number()
'6545329796505156'
>>> fake.catch_phrase()
'Front-line human-resource artificial intelligence'
...