Get the class name of an instance in Python
In Python, you can get the class name of an instance using the __class__
attribute or the type() function. The __class__
attribute returns the class object of the instance, while the type() function returns the type of the object.
Here's an example of using the __class__
attribute to get the class name of an instance:
class MyClass: pass obj = MyClass() class_name = obj.__class__.__name__ print(class_name) # Output: "MyClass"
You can also use the type()
() function to get the class name of an instance, like this:
class MyClass: pass obj = MyClass() class_name = type(obj).__name__ print(class_name) # Output: "MyClass"
You can also use the type()
function to check the type()
of an object, like this:
class MyClass: pass obj = MyClass() if type(obj) == MyClass: print("obj is an instance of MyClass") else: print("obj is not an instance of MyClass")
Alternatively, you can use the isinstance()
function to check if an object is an instance of a particular class, like this:
class MyClass: pass obj = MyClass() if isinstance(obj, MyClass): print("obj is an instance of MyClass") else: print("obj is not an instance of MyClass")
You can also use the issubclass()
function to check if a class is a subclass of another class, like this:
class MyParentClass: pass class MyChildClass(MyParentClass): pass if issubclass(MyChildClass, MyParentClass): print("MyChildClass is a subclass of MyParentClass") else: print("MyChildClass is not a subclass of MyParentClass")