prepr

class prepr(obj, maxlen=None, maxitems=None, skip=None, dividerchar='—', dividerlen=60, use_repr=True, private=False, sort=True, strlen=18, ncol=3, maxtime=3, die=False, debug=False)

Akin to “pretty print”, returns a pretty representation of an object – all attributes (except any that are skipped), plus methods and ID. Usually used via the interactive sc.pr() (which prints), rather than this (which returns a string).

Parameters:

• obj (anything) – the object to be represented

• maxlen (int) – maximum number of characters to show for each item

• maxitems (int) – maximum number of items to show in the object

• skip (list) – any properties to skip

• dividerchar (str) – divider for methods, attributes, etc.

• dividerlen (int) – number of divider characters

• use_repr (bool) – whether to use repr() or str() to parse the object

• private (bool) – whether to include private methods/attributes (those starting with “__”)

• maxtime (float) – maximum amount of time to spend on trying to print the object

• die (bool) – whether to raise an exception if an error is encountered

• debug (bool) – print out detail during string construction

New in version 3.0.0: “debug” argument New in version 3.1.4: more robust handling of invalid object properties