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Ross Williamson wrote:
> Hi All
>
> Is there anyway in a class to overload the print function?

In Python <= 2.x "print" is a statement and thus can't be
"overloaded". That's exactly the reason, why Python 3 has turned
"print" into a function.

>>> class foo_class():
>>> def __print__(self):
>>> print "hello"
>
>>> cc = foo_class()
>>> print cc
>
> Gives:
>
> hello

Hmm, on what Python version are you? To my knowledge there is no
__print__ special method. Did you mean __str__ or __repr__ ?

> I'm looking at finding nice way to print variables in a class just by
> asking to print it

In Python3 you *can* overload print(), but still, you better define
__str__() on your class to return a string, representing what ever
you want:

In [11]: class Foo(object):
....: def __str__(self):
....: return "foo"
....:
....:

In [12]: f = Foo()

In [13]: print f
foo

On Aug 25, 3:42*pm, Alexander Kapps <alex.ka...@web.de> wrote:
> Ross Williamson wrote:
> > Hi All
>
> > Is there anyway in a class to overload the print function?
>
> In Python <= 2.x "print" is a statement and thus can't be
> "overloaded". That's exactly the reason, why Python 3 has turned
> "print" into a function.
>
> >>> class foo_class():
> >>> * * def __print__(self):
> >>> * * * * * print "hello"
>
> >>> cc = foo_class()
> >>> print cc
>
> > Gives:
>
> > hello
>
> Hmm, on what Python version are you? To my knowledge there is no
> __print__ special method. Did you mean __str__ or __repr__ ?
>
> > I'm looking at finding nice way to print variables in a class just by
> > asking to print it
>
> In Python3 you *can* overload print(), but still, you better define
> __str__() on your class to return a string, representing what ever
> you want:
>
> In [11]: class Foo(object):
> * * ....: * * def __str__(self):
> * * ....: * * * * return "foo"
> * * ....:
> * * ....:
>
> In [12]: f = Foo()
>
> In [13]: print f
> foo

Maybe what the OP really wants is the format() method on a string?
That gives a very rich set of override options, at the expense of not
using the print statement/method, including the ability to define your
own formatting language for a class.

John Roth