If you need to call it from C# app you can use engine.ObjectOperations.Format(obj)
where "engine" could be created like this: ScriptEngine engine = IronPython.Hosting.Python.CreateEngine(); ObjectOperations::Format calls "repr". Tomas -----Original Message----- From: users-boun...@lists.ironpython.com [mailto:users-boun...@lists.ironpython.com] On Behalf Of Jimmy Schementi Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 7:56 PM To: Discussion of IronPython Subject: Re: [IronPython] Printing an object out as a string repr([0,1,2]) > -----Original Message----- > From: users-boun...@lists.ironpython.com [mailto:users- > boun...@lists.ironpython.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Slutter > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 7:53 PM > To: Discussion of IronPython > Subject: [IronPython] Printing an object out as a string > > Given an object, how can I go about printing out that object as a > string > representing the object in Python syntax? > > I need something a little more powerful than just object.ToString() > > I need something like how the interactive console reports the result of > the statement. > > For instance: > > a = [0,1,2] > b = [a,8,9] > > If I pass 'b' to a function in C#, like: > > void SomeFunction( object obj ) > { > string objStr = ConvertToString( obj ); > Console.Write( objStr ); > } > > it would print out: > [[0,1,2],8,9] > > Obviously ToString() will work for simple things, but once I try to use > lists or dictionaries it no longer works. > > Thank you, > Jeff > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users@lists.ironpython.com > http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@lists.ironpython.com http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@lists.ironpython.com http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com
