Re: derived class name in python 2.6/2.7
 

On 30 January 2013 20:05, Sells, Fred <fred.sells@adventistcare.org> wrote:
> This is simple, but I just cannot find it after quite a bit of searching
>
> I have this basic design
>
> class A:
> def __init__(self):
> print 'I am an instance of ', self.__class__.name

Did you mean to use __name__ instead of name?

>
> class B(A):
> pass
>
> X = B

I assume that this is
X = B()

> I would like this to print "I am an instance of B" but I keep getting A. Can someone help me out here.

If you make those two changes then it should do what you want.


Oscar